muniesvsmutilésWhat's the difference?

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.

6 ch
munies
7 ch
mutilés

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

  • muniesmmunies · mnuies · muines · muneis · muniess · munise · munnies · umnies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "munies" and "mutilés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\my.ni\ versus \my.ti.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "munies" or "mutilés" show up more?
"munies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,710 in our French list, against #33,358 for "mutilés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list