moisis
\mwa.zi\
The verdict
“moisis” is uncommon French (frequency #60,212 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,212
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de moisi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moisis · moisis · French
moisis · rank #60,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,212
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mohawks
Nearest frequency peer: Mohawks (-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 « moisis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mioche
mioche
39,793 corpus weight
- modulations
modulations
39,791 corpus weight
- Mohawks
Mohawks
39,790 corpus weight
- moisis
moisis
39,789 corpus weight
- moissonneuse
moissonneuse
39,788 corpus weight
- Molières
Molières
39,787 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « moisis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moisis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mwa.zi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « moisis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
moisis is uncommon French at frequency #60,212 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mwa.zi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de moisi.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for moisis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is moisis, spelled M-O-I-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de moisi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how moisis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les plus abîmés, les rassis, les moisis, donc les moins forts, il les consomme.
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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