mammouth

\ma.mut\

/\ma.mut\/ noun

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The verdict

“mammouth” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,515
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éléphantidé du genre Mammuthus dont l’espèce a disparu et qu’on retrouve à l’état fossile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mammouth · mammouth · French

mammouth · rank #27,515 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,515
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malone

Nearest frequency peer: Malone (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mammouth »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mammouth » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mammouth
PropertyValue
Headwordmammouth
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.mut\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,515
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mammouth »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mammouthse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Malone » (#27,514), « mainmise » (#27,513), « Margaux » (#27,517). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mammouth » est au #27,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mammouth (IPA \ma.mut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,515 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mammouth, with forms such as "ammmouth", "mammotuh", and "mammouht". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mammouth, spelled M-A-M-M-O-U-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Éléphantidé du genre Mammuthus dont l’espèce a disparu et qu’on retrouve à l’état fossile.
  2. 2
    Mammouth laineux, l’espèce la plus connue de ce genre.
  3. 3
    Personne ou objet imposant.
  4. 4
    L’Éducation nationale.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme l’éléphant dont il se distingue par la ligne du dos qui est oblique et les défenses recourbées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette côte compte aussi de nombreux établissements, dans lesquels les indigènes recueillent des dents de mammouths, car ces parages recèlent en grand nombre des squelettes de ces grands antédiluviens, réduits à l’état fossile.
  2. L’homme primitif, celui qui vivait à la même époque que tous ces grands animaux dont l’espèce est éteinte, tels que le mammouth, l’ours des cavernes, le cerf à bois gigantesques, etc., ne savait mettre en usage que des os, des cailloux, des débris de silex […]

This word in other languages

mammoth(English)mamut(Español)Mammut(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammmouth
  • mammotuh
  • mammouht
  • mammouthh
  • mammoutth
  • mammuoth
  • mamomuth
  • mamouth
  • mmammouth
  • mmamouth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mammouth - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ammmouth2mammotuh2mammouht2mammouthh1mammoutth1mammuoth2mamomuth2mamouth1
Edit distance from "mammouth"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mammouth"?
"mammouth" is spelled M-A-M-M-O-U-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.mut\.
What does "mammouth" mean?
As a noun, "mammouth" means: Éléphantidé du genre Mammuthus dont l’espèce a disparu et qu’on retrouve à l’état fossile.
What are common misspellings of "mammouth"?
Common misspellings include "ammmouth", "mammotuh", "mammouht", "mammouthh", "mammoutth". The correct spelling is "mammouth".
How do you pronounce "mammouth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mammouth" is \ma.mut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mammouth" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mammouth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mainmise#27,513maillage#27,512méandres#27,533Nebraska#27,538

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Margaux10 variantsLaborde10 variantsNemours10 variantsinitiaux10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list