Maul
\maʊ̯l\
The verdict
“Maul” is uncommon French (frequency #65,301 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,301
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gueule d’un animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maul · Maul · French
Maul · rank #65,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,301
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mathew
Nearest frequency peer: Mathew (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Maul »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- matata
matata
34,703 corpus weight
- Mathew
Mathew
34,702 corpus weight
- Maul
Maul
34,700 corpus weight
- Mazzini
Mazzini
34,698 corpus weight
- Maëlle
Maëlle
34,697 corpus weight
- McConaughey
McConaughey
34,696 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Maul » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʊ̯l\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maul is uncommon French at frequency #65,301 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʊ̯l\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Maul has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Maul, spelled M-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1Gueule d’un animal.
- 2Personne.
- 3Bouche, gueule, bec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Überall sahen sie Krokodile: Die Tiere schwammen im Wasser wie Baumstämme, dösten am Ufer und rissen die Mäuler auf, über ihre Rücken trippelten kleine Reiher.
Halt’s Maul!
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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