moisissure

\mwa.zi.syʁ\

/\mwa.zi.syʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“moisissure” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,630
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Champignons microscopiques qui vivent en formant des végétations ramifiées à la surface des matières organiques dont ils provoquent la fermentation, la décomposition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moisissure · moisissure · French

moisissure · rank #34,630 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,630
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Models

Nearest frequency peer: Models (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « moisissure »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « moisissure » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

moisissure vs moisissures
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for moisissure
PropertyValue
Headwordmoisissure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mwa.zi.syʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#34,630
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moisissure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moisissurese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Models » (#34,629), « mourrez » (#34,631), « Mikael » (#34,628). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moisissure » est au #34,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around moisissure (IPA \mwa.zi.syʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,630 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for moisissure, with forms such as "miosissure", "mmoisissure", and "moiisssure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "moisissures", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is moisissure, spelled M-O-I-S-I-S-S-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Champignons microscopiques qui vivent en formant des végétations ramifiées à la surface des matières organiques dont ils provoquent la fermentation, la décomposition.
  2. 2
    Endroit moisi, le moisi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous laissez ces fruits trop longtemps à la cave, la moisissure s’y mettra.
  2. Couvert de moisissures.

This word in other languages

mould(English)moho(Español)Schimmel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • miosissure
  • mmoisissure
  • moiisssure
  • moisissrue
  • moisissuer
  • moisissurre
  • moisisure
  • moisisusre
  • moississure
  • moissisure
  • mosiissure
  • omisissure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moisissure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

miosissure2mmoisissure1moiisssure2moisissrue2moisissuer2moisissurre1moisisure1moisisusre2
Edit distance from "moisissure"

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 "moisissure"?
"moisissure" is spelled M-O-I-S-I-S-S-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mwa.zi.syʁ\.
What does "moisissure" mean?
As a noun, "moisissure" means: Champignons microscopiques qui vivent en formant des végétations ramifiées à la surface des matières organiques dont ils provoquent la fermentation, la décomposition.
What words are commonly confused with "moisissure"?
"moisissure" is commonly confused with "moisissures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moisissure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moisissure" is \mwa.zi.syʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moisissure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

mènerait12 variantsnettoyant12 variantsmartiens12 variantsoncologie12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list