mouche à miel
\mu.ʃ‿a mjɛl\
The verdict
“mouche à miel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou (Louisiane) Abeille, Abeille domestique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mouche-a-miel · mouche à miel · French
mouche à miel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | mouche à miel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.ʃ‿a mjɛl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mouche à miel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.ʃ‿a mjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou (Louisiane) Abeille, Abeille domestique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mouche à miel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mouche à miel, spelled M-O-U-C-H-E- -À- -M-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1ou (Louisiane) Abeille, Abeille domestique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouche à miel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1646 Pourtrait de la mouche à miel, ses vertus, forme, sens et instruction pour en tirer profit. Par le sieur Alexandre de Montfort, Luxembourg., capne du service des MM. Imp. et Catholique. J. Tournay
Pendant qu’on se hâtait de s’emparer des meilleurs rayons, de tous les points de l’horizon arrivèrent à tire d’aile des essaims innombrables de mouches à miel, qui se plongèrent dans les cellules des rayons brisés où elles se chargèrent, […]
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