maous
\ma.us\
The verdict
“maous” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de maousse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maous · maous · French
maous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | maous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.us\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maous is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.us\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de maousse.".
maous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is maous, spelled M-A-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de maousse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On ne peut donner les sumos en exemple. Ces poussahs maous paraissent nourris de plus de saindoux que de sushis.
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.