mollusques

\mɔ.lysk\

/\mɔ.lysk\/ noun

The verdict

“mollusques” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,940
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mollusques · mollusques · French

mollusques · rank #23,940 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,940
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moelleux

Nearest frequency peer: moelleux (-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 « mollusques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mollusques » 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).

mollusques vs mollusque
90% similar

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

Key facts for mollusques
PropertyValue
Headwordmollusques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.lysk\
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,940
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mollusques »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mollusquesse 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 « moelleux » (#23,939), « momie » (#23,941), « MJ » (#23,938). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mollusques » est au #23,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around mollusques (IPA \mɔ.lysk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,940 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mollusques, with forms such as "mlolusques", "mmollusques", and "mollsuques". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mollusque", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mollusques, spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mollusque.
  2. 2
    Taxon de protostomiens spiraliens, invertébrés aquatiques ou des lieux humides, au corps mou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cartographie du sonar montre que le piège mortel du triangle des Bermudes est entouré de récifs très acérés, formés par l’accumulation d’algues et de coquilles de millions de minuscules mollusques et d’épaisses couches de calcaires.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mlolusques
  • mmollusques
  • mollsuques
  • molluqsues
  • mollusqeus
  • mollusqques
  • mollusquess
  • mollusquse
  • mollussques
  • mollusuqes
  • molulsques
  • molusques
  • omllusques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mollusques - 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.

mlolusques2mmollusques1mollsuques2molluqsues2mollusqeus2mollusqques1mollusquess1mollusquse2
Edit distance from "mollusques"

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 "mollusques"?
"mollusques" is spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.lysk\.
What does "mollusques" mean?
As a noun, "mollusques" means: Pluriel de mollusque.
What words are commonly confused with "mollusques"?
"mollusques" is commonly confused with "mollusque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mollusques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mollusques" is \mɔ.lysk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mollusques" come from?
"mollusques" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list