enculeur de mouches

\ɑ̃.ky.lœʁ.də.muʃ\

/\ɑ̃.ky.lœʁ.də.muʃ\/ noun

The verdict

“enculeur de mouches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individu pointilleux, tatillon, qui ergote.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enculeur-de-mouches · enculeur de mouches · French

enculeur de mouches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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 enculeur de mouches
PropertyValue
Headwordenculeur de mouches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ky.lœʁ.də.muʃ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enculeur de mouches » en français

enculeur de mouchesreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

enculeur de mouches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ky.lœʁ.də.muʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Individu pointilleux, tatillon, qui ergote.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for enculeur de mouches, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is enculeur de mouches, spelled E-N-C-U-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -M-O-U-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Individu pointilleux, tatillon, qui ergote.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how enculeur de mouches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je ne suis pas un enculeur de mouches, moi. Je fais des chansons. Les cons des lettres, abrutis, n’ont-ils pas compris ?
  2. Ce globuleux, je lui trouve pourtant un air enculeur de mouches que ça m’étonne de le voir saboter l’enquête.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enculeur de mouches"?
"enculeur de mouches" is spelled E-N-C-U-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -M-O-U-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ky.lœʁ.də.muʃ\.
What does "enculeur de mouches" mean?
As a noun, "enculeur de mouches" means: Individu pointilleux, tatillon, qui ergote.
How do you pronounce "enculeur de mouches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enculeur de mouches" is \ɑ̃.ky.lœʁ.də.muʃ\. 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