mouton
"mouton" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mouton” is uncommon English (frequency #51,265 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,265
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mouton · mouton · English
mouton · rank #51,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,265
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH muggy
Nearest frequency peer: muggy (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “mouton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Molyneux
Molyneux
48,739 corpus weight
- monteith
monteith
48,738 corpus weight
- mouton
mouton
48,736 corpus weight
- muggy
muggy
48,735 corpus weight
- mulled
mulled
48,734 corpus weight
- multiplicat…
multiplicative
48,733 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mouton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mouton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mouton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mouton is uncommon English at frequency #51,265 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mouton in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton. The correct English form is mouton, spelled M-O-U-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
- 2Sheepskin processed to resemble beaver or seal fur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mouton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The knit constructions include the knit krimmers, the brushed knit fur prints, and knit mouton.
Etymology
Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).