à muche-pot
\a myʃ.po\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à muche-pot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a myʃ.po\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à muche-pot » en français
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
- 1En cachette.
- 2En fraude des droits à acquitter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à muche-pot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai été voir à muche-pot la deuxième représentation du Mariage. Et voici mes observations.
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.