Which to use
“mutiler” and “mutilés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,385
- “mutiler” frequency rank
- #33,358
- “mutilés” frequency rank
- 73743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mutiler | mutilés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mutiler. |
Same sound, different letters: mutiler vs mutilés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: mutiler vs mutilés
This is the hard kind. mutiler and mutilés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mutiler is recorded at frequency rank #40,385, classified as averb, pronounced \my.ti.le\. mutilés is at rank #33,358, 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 73743, this pair ranks #39,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mutiler vs mutilés
Shared letters: ilmtu. Private to "mutiler": er. Private to "mutilés": sé.
"mutiler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mutilés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mutiler ← mmutiler · mtuiler · muitler · mutielr · mutilerr · mutiller · mutilre · mutlier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mutiler" and "mutilés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mutiler" vs "mutilés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "mutiler" / "mutilés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mutiler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mutiler" and "mutilés" 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 #39,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.