à muche-pot

\a myʃ.po\

/\a myʃ.po\/ adv

The verdict

“à muche-pot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En cachette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-a-muche-pot · à muche-pot · French

à muche-pot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "À" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for à muche-pot
PropertyValue
Headwordà muche-pot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a myʃ.po\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « à muche-pot » en français

à muche-potsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

à muche-pot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a myʃ.po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

à muche-pot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à muche-pot, spelled À- -M-U-C-H-E---P-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En cachette.
  2. 2
    En fraude des droits à acquitter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how à muche-pot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J'ai été voir à muche-pot la deuxième représentation du Mariage. Et voici mes observations.
  2. Enfin les droits réunis ont aussi frappé d'un dernier coup l'exercice de cette vertu de l'homme primitif; car l'espoir de vendre au voyageur un peu de vin à muche-pot, ne lui assure plus une collation qui l'accompagnoit.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "à muche-pot"?
"à muche-pot" is spelled À- -M-U-C-H-E---P-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a myʃ.po\.
What does "à muche-pot" mean?
As an adverb, "à muche-pot" means: En cachette.
How do you pronounce "à muche-pot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "à muche-pot" is \a myʃ.po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "à muche-pot" come from?
"à muche-pot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list