mangouste
\mɑ̃.ɡust\
The verdict
“mangouste” is an uncommon French word, ranked #62,426 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,426
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruit du mangoustan, de la grosseur d’une petite orange et d’une saveur sucrée, légèrement acide avec un parfum de framboise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangouste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ɡust\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mangouste” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mangouste is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃.ɡust\. Corpus data places it at rank #62,426 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fruit du mangoustan, de la grosseur d’une petite orange et d’une saveur sucrée, légèrement acide avec un parfum de framboise.".
mangouste has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 mangouste, spelled M-A-N-G-O-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit du mangoustan, de la grosseur d’une petite orange et d’une saveur sucrée, légèrement acide avec un parfum de framboise.
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.
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Using “mangouste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-N-G-O-U-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɑ̃.ɡust\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.