Which to use
“muté” is an adjective and “muter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,292
- “muté” frequency rank
- #42,475
- “muter” frequency rank
- 66767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muté | muter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d’un vin dont la fermentation a été stoppée par l’ajout d’alcool ou d'acide sulfureux lui permettant ainsi de garder des sucres résiduels. | Changer de forme, voire évoluer. |
Same sound, different letters: muté vs muter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. muté runs 4 letters (CVCV) against muter's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: muté vs muter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: muté and muter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \my.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muté is recorded at frequency rank #24,292, classified as anadj, pronounced \my.te\. 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 66767, this pair ranks #66,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muté vs muter
Shared letters: mtu. Private to "muté": é. Private to "muter": er.
"muté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "muter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- muter ← mmuter · mtuer · muetr · muterr · mutre · mutter · umter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "muté" for "muter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "muté" vs "muter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"muté" and "muter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "muté" 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 #66,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muté" 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 #66,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.