mops
\mɔps\
The verdict
“mops” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carlin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mops · mops · French
mops · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | mops |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔps\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mops » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mops is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carlin.".
mops doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mops, spelled M-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1Carlin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mops appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mops, pug ou carlin : une des plus anciennes races naines, probablement originaire de Chine.
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.