mosaïque

/\mɔ.za.ik\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,515

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

mosaïque is aFrenchnoun. It means: Assemblage de morceaux de faïence représentant un motif artistique. Pronounced \mɔ.za.ik\. Often confused with musique and mystique.

Key facts for mosaïque
PropertyValue
Headwordmosaïque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.za.ik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,515
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mosaïque in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mosaïque is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.za.ik\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,515 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for mosaïque, with forms such as "mmosaïque", "moasïque", and "mosaqïue". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "musique", "mystique", "moustique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mosaïque, spelled M-O-S-A-Ï-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage de morceaux de faïence représentant un motif artistique.
  2. 2
    Les abacules, les petits cubes qui la composent.
  3. 3
    Assemblage de choses qui se distinguent à la vue.
  4. 4
    Zone d’une image ayant une très faible résolution afin de cacher le contenu exact.
  5. 5
    Maladie génétique caractérisée par le fait qu’un individu ait à la fois des cellules saines et des cellules présentant une anomalie génétique.
  6. 6
    Agencement spatial de petites unités ou zones écologiquement distinctes (communautés végétales, habitats, micro-habitats) formant un ensemble hétérogène à l’échelle d’un paysage ou d’un écosystème.
  7. 7
    Mosaïque photographique : assemblage d’images photographiques (par exemple issues d'un scanneur) ou radar, ayant subi un traitement convenable pour assurer un bon raccord géométrique, et le cas échéant aussi un traitement radiométrique, de ces images.
  8. 8
    Symptômes de maladies virales.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmosaïque,moasïque,mosaqïue,mosaïqeu,mosaïqque,mosaïuqe,mossaïque,mosïaque,msoaïque,omsaïque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mosaïque

Misspelling Variants of "mosaïque"

mmosaïque9moasïque8mosaqïue8mosaïqeu8mosaïqque9mosaïuqe8mossaïque9mosïaque8
Misspelling Variants of "mosaïque"

Frequency rank: #14,515 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mosaïque"?
"mosaïque" is spelled M-O-S-A-Ï-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.za.ik\.
What does "mosaïque" mean?
As a noun, "mosaïque" means: Assemblage de morceaux de faïence représentant un motif artistique.
What words are commonly confused with "mosaïque"?
"mosaïque" is commonly confused with "musique", "mystique", "moustique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mosaïque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mosaïque" is \mɔ.za.ik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mosaïque" come from?
"mosaïque" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.