Which to use
“mutilé” and “mutiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,272
- “mutilé” frequency rank
- #40,385
- “mutiler” frequency rank
- 70657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mutilé | mutiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler. | Retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps. |
Same sound, different letters: mutilé vs mutiler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: mutilé vs mutiler
This is the hard kind. mutilé and mutiler are pronounced identically (\my.ti.le\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mutilé is recorded at frequency rank #30,272, classified as averb, pronounced \my.ti.le\. 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 70657, this pair ranks #50,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mutilé vs mutiler
Shared letters: ilmtu. Private to "mutilé": é. Private to "mutiler": er.
"mutilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mutiler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mutiler ← mmutiler · mtuiler · muitler · mutielr · mutilerr · mutiller · mutilre · mutlier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mutilé" and "mutiler" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mutilé" vs "mutiler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilé" 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 #50,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mutilé" and "mutiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moutier vs mutiler". 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 #50,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.