Which to use
“muter” and “mutiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,475
- “muter” frequency rank
- #40,385
- “mutiler” frequency rank
- 82860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muter | mutiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Changer de forme, voire évoluer. | Retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps. |
Where the eye mixes muter and mutiler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between muter and mutiler
A purely visual mix-up. muter (\my.te\) and mutiler (\my.ti.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muter is recorded at frequency rank #42,475, classified as averb, pronounced \my.te\. mutiler is at rank #40,385, 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 82860, this pair ranks #15,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muter vs mutiler
Shared letters: emrtu. Private to "muter": -. Private to "mutiler": il.
"muter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mutiler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muter" and "mutiler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "muter" vs "mutiler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "muter" and "mutiler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "muter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muter" and "mutiler" 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 #15,869 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.