mot pour mot
\mo puʁ mo\
The verdict
“mot pour mot” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec exactement les mêmes mots.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mot pour mot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \mo puʁ mo\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mot pour mot” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mot pour mot is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mo puʁ mo\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avec exactement les mêmes mots.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mot pour mot in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mot pour mot, spelled M-O-T- -P-O-U-R- -M-O-T.
Definition
- 1Avec exactement les mêmes mots.
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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.
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Using “mot pour mot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-T- -P-O-U-R- -M-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mo puʁ mo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.