motus

\mɔ.tys\

/\mɔ.tys\/ intj

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The verdict

“motus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,186
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjection pour demander à quelqu’un de ne rien dire. Silence !

Corpus desk

Index FR-motus · motus · French

motus · rank #45,186 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,186
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH motocycliste

Nearest frequency peer: motocycliste (-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 « motus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « motus » 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).

motus vs mou
60% similar
motus vs mus
60% similar
motus vs mous
80% similar

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

Key facts for motus
PropertyValue
Headwordmotus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\mɔ.tys\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,186
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « motus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.motusse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « motocycliste » (#45,185), « Mougins » (#45,187), « morrow » (#45,184). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « motus » est au #45,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around motus (IPA \mɔ.tys\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #45,186 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Interjection pour demander à quelqu’un de ne rien dire. Silence !".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for motus, with forms such as "mmotus", "motsu", and "mottus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mou", "mus", "mous", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is motus, spelled M-O-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjection pour demander à quelqu’un de ne rien dire. Silence !

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Motus, ne parlez pas de cela.
  2. Sur ce sujet, motus !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmotus
  • motsu
  • mottus
  • motuss
  • mouts
  • mtous
  • omtus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmotus1motsu2mottus1motuss1mouts2mtous2omtus2
Edit distance from "motus"

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 "motus"?
"motus" is spelled M-O-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.tys\.
What does "motus" mean?
As an interjection, "motus" means: Interjection pour demander à quelqu’un de ne rien dire. Silence !
What words are commonly confused with "motus"?
"motus" is commonly confused with "mou", "mus", "mous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motus" is \mɔ.tys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motus" come from?
"motus" 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 "motus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moose#45,180month#45,178nuées#45,204ordis#45,213

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

morrow7 variantsOsman7 variantslucet7 variantslianes7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list