chatouiller les moustaches

\ʃa.tu.je lɛ mus.taʃ\

/\ʃa.tu.je lɛ mus.taʃ\/ verb

The verdict

“chatouiller les moustaches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quereller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chatouiller-les-moustach · chatouiller les moustaches · French

chatouiller les moustaches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 26 letters
  • VOW-10 10 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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 chatouiller les moustaches
PropertyValue
Headwordchatouiller les moustaches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃa.tu.je lɛ mus.taʃ\
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chatouiller les moustaches » en français

chatouiller les moustachessiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

chatouiller les moustaches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃa.tu.je lɛ mus.taʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quereller.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chatouiller les moustaches in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chatouiller les moustaches, spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-O-U-S-T-A-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quereller.

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 "chatouiller les moustaches"?
"chatouiller les moustaches" is spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-O-U-S-T-A-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.tu.je lɛ mus.taʃ\.
What does "chatouiller les moustaches" mean?
As a verb, "chatouiller les moustaches" means: Quereller.
How do you pronounce "chatouiller les moustaches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chatouiller les moustaches" is \ʃa.tu.je lɛ mus.taʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list