amanite tue-mouches

\a.ma.nit ty.muʃ\

/\a.ma.nit ty.muʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“amanite tue-mouches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de champignons à lames, à volve et à anneau, au chapeau rouge et couvert de verrues blanches ou un peu jaunâtres, de la famille des Amanitaceae, de nom scientifique Amanita muscaria.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amanite-tue-mouches · amanite tue-mouches · French

amanite tue-mouches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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 amanite tue-mouches
PropertyValue
Headwordamanite tue-mouches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ma.nit ty.muʃ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « amanite tue-mouches » en français

amanite tue-mouchesreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

amanite tue-mouches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ma.nit ty.muʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de champignons à lames, à volve et à anneau, au chapeau rouge et couvert de verrues blanches ou un peu jaunâtres, de la famille des Amanitaceae, de nom scientifique Amanita muscaria.".

amanite tue-mouches doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amanite tue-mouches, spelled A-M-A-N-I-T-E- -T-U-E---M-O-U-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de champignons à lames, à volve et à anneau, au chapeau rouge et couvert de verrues blanches ou un peu jaunâtres, de la famille des Amanitaceae, de nom scientifique Amanita muscaria.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how amanite tue-mouches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’amanite tue-mouches est très toxique.
  2. L’ivresse de voyage, qui constitue l’ivresse chamanique, est probablement née en Sibérie chez les Koryèques et les Ostiaks avec l’amanite tue-mouches, puis s’est étendue à l’Amérique et à l’Europe.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "amanite tue-mouches"?
"amanite tue-mouches" is spelled A-M-A-N-I-T-E- -T-U-E---M-O-U-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ma.nit ty.muʃ\.
What does "amanite tue-mouches" mean?
As a noun, "amanite tue-mouches" means: Espèce de champignons à lames, à volve et à anneau, au chapeau rouge et couvert de verrues blanches ou un peu jaunâtres, de la famille des Amanitaceae, de nom scientifique Amanita muscaria.
How do you pronounce "amanite tue-mouches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amanite tue-mouches" is \a.ma.nit ty.muʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amanite tue-mouches" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list