mouffette
\mu.fɛt\
The verdict
“mouffette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit mammifère omnivore américain qui peut projeter un liquide malodorant sécrété par ses glandes anales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mouffette · mouffette · French
mouffette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | mouffette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.fɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mouffette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.fɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit mammifère omnivore américain qui peut projeter un liquide malodorant sécrété par ses glandes anales.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mouffette in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
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 mouffette, spelled M-O-U-F-F-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petit mammifère omnivore américain qui peut projeter un liquide malodorant sécrété par ses glandes anales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mouffette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ysquiepatl du Mexique, animal qui répand une odeur empestée, et que par cette raison nous appellerons mouffette, ne doit pas être pris pour un petit renard ou pour un blaireau.
This word in other languages
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.