attrape-mouche
\a.tʁap.muʃ\
The verdict
“attrape-mouche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piège à mouches, typiquement constitué d’un ruban gluant, sucré et empoisonné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attrape-mouche · attrape-mouche · French
attrape-mouche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attrape-mouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tʁap.muʃ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
attrape-mouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.tʁap.muʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for attrape-mouche, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is attrape-mouche, spelled A-T-T-R-A-P-E---M-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Piège à mouches, typiquement constitué d’un ruban gluant, sucré et empoisonné.
- 2Nom vulgaire de diverses plantes (par ex. Dionaea muscipula, Silene muscipula, Apocynum androsaemifolium) dont les feuilles ou les fleurs se plient, se ferment lorsqu’un insecte vient s’y poser.
- 3Gobe-mouches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attrape-mouche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D'abord, et surtout, c'était la salle à manger, avec en son milieu une longue table de chêne blond éclairée par une suspension de cuivre habillé d'un abat-jour en porcelaine surmonté d'une grosse boule colorée que l'on appelait « le monte-baisse ». Souvent, grand-mère y accrochait un attrape-mouche en ruban sur lequel elles venaient se coller.
Son regard coule un instant avec terreur sur le long ruban de glu d'un attrape-mouche, déroulé en copeau de bois sur les dalles.
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.