mouetter
\mwɛ.te\
The verdict
“mouetter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser son cri, en parlant du bouc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mouetter · mouetter · French
mouetter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | mouetter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mwɛ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mouetter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mouetter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mwɛ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mouetter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mouetter, spelled M-O-U-E-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pousser son cri, en parlant du bouc.
- 2Puer, sentir mauvais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouetter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En parlant du cri du bouc, on dit qu'il mouette.
Mon fils, lui répondit-elle, si tu entends les boucs mouetter, les grenouilles coasser, les chiens aboyer, enfin toutes les espèces d'animaux pousser leur cri dans mon ventre, sache qu'à ce moment-là je suis plongée dans le sommeil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.