mouchoir

\mu.ʃwaʁ\

/\mu.ʃwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mouchoir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,487
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carré de tissu (principalement de coton ou de cellulose) dont on se sert pour se moucher et essuyer diverses choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mouchoir · mouchoir · French

mouchoir · rank #17,487 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,487
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Motte

Nearest frequency peer: Motte (-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 « mouchoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mouchoir » 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).

mouchoir vs mouvoir
75% similar
mouchoir vs mouchoirs
89% similar

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

Key facts for mouchoir
PropertyValue
Headwordmouchoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.ʃwaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,487
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mouchoir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mouchoirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Motte » (#17,486), « mélancolie » (#17,488), « Monroe » (#17,485). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mouchoir » est au #17,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mouchoir (IPA \mu.ʃwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,487 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mouchoir, with forms such as "mmouchoir", "mocuhoir", and "moucchoir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mouvoir", "mouchoirs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mouchoir, spelled M-O-U-C-H-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carré de tissu (principalement de coton ou de cellulose) dont on se sert pour se moucher et essuyer diverses choses.
  2. 2
    Morceau d’étoffe dont on se couvre le cou ou la tête.
  3. 3
    Morceau de tissu carré servant à faire un baluchon, à empaqueter des choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une des recherches de leur luxe est encore d’avoir un très beau mouchoir de batiste brodé garni de dentelles.
  2. Anaïs pétrissait son grand mouchoir, puis le dépliait pour le refroisser à nouveau.

Synonyms

tire-jusblavardfichufoulard

This word in other languages

handkerchief(English)pañuelo(Español)Taschentuch(Deutsch)lenço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmouchoir
  • mocuhoir
  • moucchoir
  • mouchhoir
  • mouchior
  • mouchoirr
  • mouchori
  • moucohir
  • mouhcoir
  • muochoir
  • omuchoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mouchoir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmouchoir1mocuhoir2moucchoir1mouchhoir1mouchior2mouchoirr1mouchori2moucohir2
Edit distance from "mouchoir"

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 "mouchoir"?
"mouchoir" is spelled M-O-U-C-H-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.ʃwaʁ\.
What does "mouchoir" mean?
As a noun, "mouchoir" means: Carré de tissu (principalement de coton ou de cellulose) dont on se sert pour se moucher et essuyer diverses choses.
What words are commonly confused with "mouchoir"?
"mouchoir" is commonly confused with "mouvoir", "mouchoirs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mouchoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mouchoir" is \mu.ʃwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mouchoir" come from?
"mouchoir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Missouri#17,483nautique#17,492marxisme#17,479nouilles#17,496

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

minéral11 variantsnéfaste11 variantspelletier11 variantspellicule11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list