excuse-moi
\ɛk.skyz mwa\
The verdict
“excuse-moi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formule de politesse sollicitant le pardon d’un auditeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-excuse-moi · excuse-moi · French
excuse-moi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excuse-moi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \ɛk.skyz mwa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
excuse-moi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \ɛk.skyz mwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
excuse-moi has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
No borrowing history is documented 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 excuse-moi, spelled E-X-C-U-S-E---M-O-I.
Definition
- 1Formule de politesse sollicitant le pardon d’un auditeur.
- 2Formule de politesse sollicitant le pardon d’un auditeur.
- 3Formule de politesse sollicitant le pardon d’un auditeur.
- 4Formule de politesse sollicitant le pardon d’un auditeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how excuse-moi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Excuse-moi Elize, je ne voulais pas te froisser. J’ai agi par réflexe. Je le regrette.
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.