mopse
\mɔps\
The verdict
“mopse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doguin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mopse · mopse · French
mopse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mopse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔps\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mopse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mopse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doguin.".
mopse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mopse, spelled M-O-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1Doguin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mopse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De ces trente variétés, il y en a dix-sept que l'on doit rapporter à l'influence du climat, savoir, le chien de berger, le chien-loup, le chien de Sibérie, le chien d'Islande et le chien de Laponie, le mâtin, les lévriers, le grand danois et le chien dIrlande, le chien courant, les braques, les bassets, les épagneuls et le barbet, le petit danois, le chie…
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.