mouflet
\mu.flɛ\
The verdict
“mouflet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mouflet · mouflet · French
mouflet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mouflet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.flɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mouflet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.flɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mouflet in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mouflet, spelled M-O-U-F-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Enfant.
- 2Espèce de bonnet fourré. (On écrit aussi moufflet)
- 3Muffin, petit pain moulé fait avec une pâte de brioche légère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouflet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encore un mouflet Malaussène, délesté de son papa au moment de l’atterrissage?
C'est lui le vilain ? avait demandé le mouflet, tout empêtré dans sa poupée.
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.