marmouset
\maʁ.mu.zɛ\
The verdict
“marmouset” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite figure grotesque, en particulier pour décorer les chapiteaux de colonnes, de piliers, les culots etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marmouset · marmouset · French
marmouset · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | marmouset |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.mu.zɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
marmouset is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.mu.zɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for marmouset in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marmouset, spelled M-A-R-M-O-U-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petite figure grotesque, en particulier pour décorer les chapiteaux de colonnes, de piliers, les culots etc.
- 2Petit garçon, petit homme mal fait.
- 3Sorte de chenet de fonte, en forme de prisme triangulaire, dont une extrémité est ornée d’une figure quelconque.
- 4Très petit singe d’Amérique, terme souvent employé comme synonyme de ouistiti.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marmouset appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vendeur de marmousets.
Les Étrusques étaient un peuple sérieusement gai. Ils faisaient des caricatures d’airain. Mais ces marmousets, les uns accablés de leur gros ventre, les autres étonnés de montrer tous leurs os à nu, madame Marmet les regardait avec une admiration douloureuse. Elle les contemplait comme… il y a un mot français très beau que je cherche… comme les monuments…
This word in other languages
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.