donner du mou
\dɔ.ne dy mu\
The verdict
“donner du mou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Donner plus de longueur de corde, de ficelle, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donner-du-mou · donner du mou · French
donner du mou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | donner du mou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔ.ne dy mu\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « donner du mou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
donner du mou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔ.ne dy mu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for donner du mou in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 donner du mou, spelled D-O-N-N-E-R- -D-U- -M-O-U.
Definition
- 1Donner plus de longueur de corde, de ficelle, etc.
- 2Donner plus de liberté d’action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how donner du mou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Shamir ne la quittait pas des yeux, lui indiquant où poser les pied, où prendre prise avec ses mains, lorsqu’il fallait tendre la corde ou au contraire donner du mou.
Tu ferais bien de lui donner un peu de mou, à ton rejeton. C’est pas en l’enfermant que tu l’éloigneras de la drogue.
Synonyms
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.