Which to use
“muqueuse” is a noun and “muqueuses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,792
- “muqueuse” frequency rank
- #32,492
- “muqueuses” frequency rank
- 66284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muqueuse | muqueuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tissu mou humecté de mucus, qui tapisse les cavités anatomiques (muqueuse utérine, muqueuse buccale, etc.). | Féminin pluriel de muqueux. |
Same sound, different letters: muqueuse vs muqueuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. muqueuse runs 8 letters (CVCVVVCV) against muqueuses's 9 (CVCVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: muqueuse vs muqueuses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: muqueuse and muqueuses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \my.køz\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “muqueuse” sits inside “muqueuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muqueuse is recorded at frequency rank #33,792, classified as anoun, pronounced \my.køz\. muqueuses is at rank #32,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.køz\.
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 66284, this pair ranks #68,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muqueuse vs muqueuses
Shared letters: emqsu. Private to "muqueuse": -. Private to "muqueuses": -.
"muqueuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCV · "muqueuses" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muqueuse" and "muqueuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "muqueuse" or "muqueuses" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "muqueuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muqueuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #68,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.