mouflette
\mu.flɛt\
The verdict
“mouflette” 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) - Moufle, système de plusieurs poulies dans la même chape.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mouflette · mouflette · French
mouflette · 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 | mouflette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.flɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mouflette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.flɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mouflette in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mouflette, spelled M-O-U-F-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Moufle, système de plusieurs poulies dans la même chape.
- 2Crotte de nez.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouflette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mouflettes à poulies inégales et à cordons parallèles.
Dans le jargon des enfants, on appelle une crotte de nez une mouflette.
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.