mise en bouche
\mi.z‿ɑ̃ buʃ\
The verdict
“mise en bouche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assortiment de mets servis avant le repas, au moment de l'apéritif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mise en bouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.z‿ɑ̃ buʃ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mise en bouche” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mise en bouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.z‿ɑ̃ buʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Assortiment de mets servis avant le repas, au moment de l'apéritif.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mise en bouche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mise en bouche, spelled M-I-S-E- -E-N- -B-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Assortiment de mets servis avant le repas, au moment de l'apéritif.
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.
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Using “mise en bouche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-S-E- -E-N- -B-O-U-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mi.z‿ɑ̃ buʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.