Which to use
“mutilé” is a verb and “mutins” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,272
- “mutilé” frequency rank
- #44,592
- “mutins” frequency rank
- 74864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mutilé | mutins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler. | Masculin pluriel de mutin. |
Where the eye mixes mutilé and mutins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mutilé and mutins
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mutilé is \my.ti.le\ while mutins is \my.tɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74864, 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\. mutins is at rank #44,592, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.tɛ̃\.
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 74864, this pair ranks #35,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mutilé vs mutins
Shared letters: imtu. Private to "mutilé": lé. Private to "mutins": ns.
"mutilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mutins" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mutins ← mmutins · mtuins · muitns · mutinns · mutinss · mutisn · mutnis · muttins
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mutilé" and "mutins" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mutilé" or "mutins" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mutilé" and "mutins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mutilé" and "mutins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mougins vs mutins". 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 #35,781 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.