bateau-mouche
\ba.to.muʃ\
The verdict
“bateau-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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bateau de tourisme fluvial opérant à Paris et appartenant à la société « Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-bateau-mouche · bateau-mouche · French
bateau-mouche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bateau-mouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.to.muʃ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bateau-mouche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bateau-mouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.to.muʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bateau de tourisme fluvial opérant à Paris et appartenant à la société « Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches ».".
bateau-mouche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bateau-mouche, spelled B-A-T-E-A-U---M-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Bateau de tourisme fluvial opérant à Paris et appartenant à la société « Compagnie des Bateaux Mouches ».
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bateau-mouche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ajouta, dans un rire plus fort, une vieille plaisanterie que tout le ministère trouvait délicieuse : — « Il ne faudrait pas les envoyer par eau inspecter la station navale du Point-du-Jour, ils seraient malades sur les bateaux-mouches. »
À cet instant, le bateau-mouche est apparu. Il glissait vers la pointe de l’île, sa guirlande de projecteurs braquée sur les maisons des quais.
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.