Which to use
“muté” is an adjective and “mutilé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,292
- “muté” frequency rank
- #30,272
- “mutilé” frequency rank
- 54564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muté | mutilé |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler. |
Where the eye mixes muté and mutilé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. muté runs 4 letters (CVCV) against mutilé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: muté vs mutilé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: muté is \my.te\ while mutilé is \my.ti.le\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54564, 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\. mutilé is at rank #30,272, tagged as averb, pronounced \my.ti.le\.
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 54564, this pair ranks #133,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of muté vs mutilé
Shared letters: mtué. Private to "muté": -. Private to "mutilé": il.
"muté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mutilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muté" and "mutilé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "muté" or "mutilé" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "muté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muté" and "mutilé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutilé vs mutins". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #133,174 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.