Which to use
“mur” is a noun and “muter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,531
- “mur” frequency rank
- #42,475
- “muter” frequency rank
- 44006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mur | muter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Édification généralement verticale élevée en divers matériaux, pour enclore un espace, séparer des pièces, ou soutenir quelque chose. | Changer de forme, voire évoluer. |
Where the eye mixes mur and muter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mur vs muter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mur is \myʁ\ while muter is \my.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mur is recorded at frequency rank #1,531, classified as anoun, pronounced \myʁ\. muter is at rank #42,475, tagged as averb, pronounced \my.te\.
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 44006, this pair ranks #213,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mur vs muter
Shared letters: mru. Private to "mur": -. Private to "muter": et.
"mur" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "muter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- muter ← mmuter · mtuer · muetr · muterr · mutre · mutter · umter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mur" for "muter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mur" or "muter"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mur" and "muter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mur" and "muter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs muter". 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 #213,775 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.