mioche

\mjɔʃ\

/\mjɔʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mioche” is uncommon French (frequency #60,208 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,208
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mioche · mioche · French

mioche · rank #60,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,208
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH miniaturisati…

Nearest frequency peer: miniaturisation (-1 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 « mioche »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mioche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mioche
PropertyValue
Headwordmioche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mjɔʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,208
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mioche » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).miochetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « miniaturisation » (#60,207), « minard » (#60,206), « modulations » (#60,210). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mioche » est au #60,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mioche is uncommon French at frequency #60,208 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mjɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mioche in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mioche, spelled M-I-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mioche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A sept heures, le matin, puis à midi, puis à six heures, le soir, les ménagères réunissaient leurs mioches pour donner la pâtée, comme des gardeurs d'oies assemblent leurs bêtes.
  2. Philippe-Auguste était un vilain mioche, dépeigné, sale des pieds à la tête, avec une figure de crétin.

Synonyms

mômemoufletmoutard

This word in other languages

kid(English)Knirps(Deutsch)criança(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mioche"?
"mioche" is spelled M-I-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mjɔʃ\.
What does "mioche" mean?
As a noun, "mioche" means: Enfant.
How do you pronounce "mioche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mioche" is \mjɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mioche" come from?
"mioche" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mioche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minard#60,206moisis#60,212menard#60,202medici#60,200

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list