Which to use
“muse” and “muses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,095
- “muse” frequency rank
- #31,145
- “muses” frequency rank
- 45240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muse | muses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Génie artistique, inspiration. | Pluriel de muse. |
Same sound, different letters: muse vs muses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - muse / muses
This is the hard kind. muse and muses are pronounced identically (\myz\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “muse” sits inside “muses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muse is recorded at frequency rank #14,095, classified as anoun, pronounced \myz\. muses is at rank #31,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced \myz\.
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 45240, this pair ranks #204,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of muse vs muses
Shared letters: emsu. Private to "muse": -. Private to "muses": -.
"muse" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "muses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "muse" and "muses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "muse" vs "muses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "muse" / "muses". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "muse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muse" and "muses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muer vs muses". 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 #204,265 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.