à musse-pot
\a mys.po\
The verdict
“à musse-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-musse-pot · à musse-pot · French
à musse-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 musse-pot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a mys.po\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à musse-pot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à musse-pot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a mys.po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En cachette.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à musse-pot, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à musse-pot, spelled À- -M-U-S-S-E---P-O-T.
Definition
- 1En cachette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à musse-pot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis, peu auparavant, avant mon châtiment, c'est-à-dire ma castration, j'avais fait comme si de rien n'était un jour que je vins à musse-pot te trouver dans cet Argenteuil de malheur où j'entrais comme dans un moulin.
En même temps, lui revient comme un refrain la courte «mésaventure» qu'elle connut avec Hector ce même soir. « En un mot, nous sommes toutes des garces », souffre-t-elle. « À musse-pot ! Comme dirait ma patoisante aïeule normande ».
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.