Which to use
“muscade” and “musclée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,878
- “muscade” frequency rank
- #28,259
- “musclée” frequency rank
- 69137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muscade | musclée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est produit par le muscadier. | Féminin singulier de musclé. |
Where the eye mixes muscade and musclée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. muscade (CVCCVCV) and musclée (CVCCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between muscade and musclée
A purely visual mix-up. muscade (\mys.kad\) and musclée (\mys.kle\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muscade is recorded at frequency rank #40,878, classified as anadj, pronounced \mys.kad\. musclée is at rank #28,259, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mys.kle\.
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 69137, this pair ranks #56,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muscade vs musclée
Shared letters: cemsu. Private to "muscade": ad. Private to "musclée": lé.
"muscade" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "musclée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- muscade ← mmuscade · msucade · mucsade · musacde · muscadde · muscaed · musccade · muscdae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "muscade" for "musclée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "muscade" or "musclée" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "muscade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "musclée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muscade" and "musclée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muscade vs muscat". 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 #56,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.