Mauser
\mo.zəʁ\
The verdict
“Mauser” is uncommon French (frequency #83,149 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,149
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fusil fabriqué par la Mauser Waffenfabrik, utilisé par l’armée allemande et d’autres armées européennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mauser · Mauser · French
Mauser · rank #83,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,149
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH MDL
Nearest frequency peer: MDL (+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 « Mauser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- martelant
martelant
16,858 corpus weight
- masturbant
masturbant
16,856 corpus weight
- Mauser
Mauser
16,852 corpus weight
- MDL
MDL
16,850 corpus weight
- meli
meli
16,848 corpus weight
- mentionnera
mentionnera
16,846 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mauser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mauser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo.zəʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mauser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mauser is uncommon French at frequency #83,149 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo.zəʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fusil fabriqué par la Mauser Waffenfabrik, utilisé par l’armée allemande et d’autres armées européennes.".
Mauser has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Mauser, spelled M-A-U-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fusil fabriqué par la Mauser Waffenfabrik, utilisé par l’armée allemande et d’autres armées européennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mauser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le feu des fusils Mauser commença ; ce fut un vacarme épouvantable dans lequel on percevait le ronflement des obus à la lydite, le crépitement des fusils Metford, les éclats des mitrailleuses boers et les sifflements des Mauser.
Ce fut d’abord un couple d’éclaireurs qui apparut. Ils débouchèrent de la futaie, balançant en marchant leur Mauser contre la cuisse, parallèlement au sol.
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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