mouchard
\mu.ʃaʁ\
The verdict
“mouchard” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #45,741 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,741
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espion, indicateur pour la police.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mouchard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.ʃaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mouchard” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mouchard is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mu.ʃaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,741 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mouchard, with forms such as "mmouchard", "mocuhard", and "moucahrd". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mouchard, spelled M-O-U-C-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Espion, indicateur pour la police.
- 2Personne qui observe des agissements pour en rendre compte.
- 3Personne qui en dénonce une autre.
- 4Trou qui permet d'observer.
- 5Appareil servant à enregistrer des données pour contrôler la vitesse ou la vigilance de conducteur.
- 6Avion de reconnaissance.
- 7Logiciel espion.
- 8Appareil doté d’un logiciel permettant d’espionner et d’enregistrer les conversations, les déplacements etc. d’autrui.
- 9Compas de route inversé suspendu au-dessus du lit du capitaine d'un navire.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmouchard,mocuhard,moucahrd,moucchard,mouchadr,mouchardd,moucharrd,mouchhard,mouchrad,mouhcard,muochard,omuchard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mouchard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “mouchard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-U-C-H-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mu.ʃaʁ\ (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.