mams
\mams\
The verdict
“mams” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mam.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mams · mams · French
mams · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mams |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mams\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mams » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mams is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mams\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mam.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mams, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mams, spelled M-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de mam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mams appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et comme Camille était l’enfant d’un couple divorcé, et recomposé plusieurs fois, elle en avait à revendre des mamans, des mams, des mumies, des tatas, des taties, des mémés, des mamés, des mamies et des sœurettes… Et toutes voulaient goûter au célèbre séga piqué dans les bras d’un authentique Créole à la peau bronzée.
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.