Which to use
“munies” and “mutilés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,710
- “munies” frequency rank
- #33,358
- “mutilés” frequency rank
- 64068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | munies | mutilés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de munir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mutiler. |
Where the eye mixes munies and mutilés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses munies with mutilés
A purely visual mix-up. munies (\my.ni\) and mutilés (\my.ti.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
munies is recorded at frequency rank #30,710, classified as averb, pronounced \my.ni\. mutilés is at rank #33,358, tagged as averb, pronounced \my.ti.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64068, this pair ranks #78,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of munies vs mutilés
Shared letters: imsu. Private to "munies": en. Private to "mutilés": lté.
"munies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "mutilés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- munies ← mmunies · mnuies · muines · muneis · muniess · munise · munnies · umnies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "munies" and "mutilés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "munies" or "mutilés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "munies" and "mutilés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "munies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "munies" and "mutilés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutilés vs mutins". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #78,837 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.