cligne-musette
\kliɲ my.zɛt\
The verdict
“cligne-musette” 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) - Variété du jeu de cache-cache.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cligne-musette · cligne-musette · French
cligne-musette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cligne-musette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kliɲ my.zɛt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cligne-musette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kliɲ my.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété du jeu de cache-cache.".
cligne-musette has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 cligne-musette, spelled C-L-I-G-N-E---M-U-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variété du jeu de cache-cache.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cligne-musette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme l’enfant à cligne-musette, qui certes ne veut pas qu’on le trouve, mais qui veut du moins qu’on le cherche, en attendant il s’ennuyait.
Il est temps que je retrouve les Rats arboricoles pour leur demander l’hospitalité, car je ne me soucie pas de recommencer à jouer à cligne-musette avec les Chats-huants.
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.