moucheron

\muʃ.ʁɔ̃\

/\muʃ.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“moucheron” is uncommon French (frequency #60,223 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,223
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite mouche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moucheron · moucheron · French

moucheron · rank #60,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,223
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mouchards

Nearest frequency peer: mouchards (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « moucheron »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « moucheron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moucheron
PropertyValue
Headwordmoucheron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\muʃ.ʁɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « moucheron » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moucherontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mouchards » (#60,222), « Moscow » (#60,221), « multisports » (#60,225). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moucheron » est au #60,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moucheron is uncommon French at frequency #60,223 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \muʃ.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moucheron, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is moucheron, spelled M-O-U-C-H-E-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite mouche.
  2. 2
    Petit enfant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Car le droit de tous à tout est semblable au droit de chaque hirondelle à tous les moucherons qui voltigent dans l’air, mais qui dans la réalité se borne à ceux qu’elle peut saisir par son travail.
  2. Les moucherons et les papillons de nuit tournoyaient autour de la chandelle.

Synonyms

mouchette

This word in other languages

gnat(English)mosquito(Español)Stechmücke(Deutsch)

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 "moucheron"?
"moucheron" is spelled M-O-U-C-H-E-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \muʃ.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "moucheron" mean?
As a noun, "moucheron" means: Petite mouche.
How do you pronounce "moucheron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moucheron" is \muʃ.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moucheron", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mouchards#60,222moraliser#60,220Montpetit#60,219occuperai#60,241

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list