mistinguette
\mis.tɛ̃.ɡɛt\
The verdict
“mistinguette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune fille ; jeune femme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mistinguette · mistinguette · French
mistinguette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | mistinguette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mis.tɛ̃.ɡɛt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mistinguette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mistinguette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mis.tɛ̃.ɡɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune fille ; jeune femme.".
mistinguette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mistinguette, spelled M-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Jeune fille ; jeune femme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mistinguette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu veux que je te dise ma coquine, déjà quand tu avais dix ans, tu étais la plus rigolote des mistinguettes ! Ch'suis si heureuse que tu redeviennes comme ça !
Faut voir comment une mistinguette de Versailles ou de la Courneuve peut se comporter, en deux trois mouvements, comme la plus infecte et naturelle bourgeoise louis-philipparde ou troisième rep’.
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.