mutuellevsmutuellesTell them apart

Quick tell: mutuelle is a noun, mutuelles is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mutuelle” is a noun and “mutuelles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,602
“mutuelle” frequency rank
#13,640
“mutuelles” frequency rank
21242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mutuelle mutuelles
Definition Banque ou assurance organisée sous un régime coopératif ou mutualiste. Féminin pluriel de mutuel.

Same sound, different letters: mutuelle vs mutuelles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

8 ch
mutuelle
9 ch
mutuelles

Same sound, different spelling - mutuelle / mutuelles

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mutuelle and mutuelles carry the same recorded pronunciation, \my.tɥɛl\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mutuelle” sits inside “mutuelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mutuelle is recorded at frequency rank #7,602, classified as anoun, pronounced \my.tɥɛl\. mutuelles is at rank #13,640, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.tɥɛl\.

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 21242, this pair ranks #364,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mutuelle vs mutuelles

Shared letters: elmtu. Private to "mutuelle": -. Private to "mutuelles": s.

"mutuelle" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "mutuelles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mutuellemmutuelle · mtuuelle · muteulle · muttuelle · mutuele · mutuelel · mutulele · muutelle
  • mutuellesmmutuelles · mtuuelles · muteulles · muttuelles · mutuelels · mutueles · mutuelless · mutuellse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mutuelle" and "mutuelles" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mutuelle" is a noun and "mutuelles" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mutuelle" vs "mutuelles" - which ranks higher?
"mutuelle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,602 in our French list, against #13,640 for "mutuelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mutuelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mutuelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #364,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mutuelle" and "mutuelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutuelles vs mutuels". 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 #364,184 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list