mougou
\mu.ɡu\
The verdict
“mougou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de plat à base de farine de mil, de farine de baobab et de lait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mougou · mougou · French
mougou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | mougou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.ɡu\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mougou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mougou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.ɡu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mougou in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mougou, spelled M-O-U-G-O-U.
Definition
- 1Sorte de plat à base de farine de mil, de farine de baobab et de lait.
- 2Personnage peureux et un peu bête.
- 3Dupe d’une escroquerie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mougou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La journée commence à l'aube pour profiter des heures clémentes de la saison chaude. Les travailleurs partent avant le lever du soleil et emportent avec eux le mougou, couscous de mil cuit avec du lait.
Les autres produits étant les farines pour bébé, le diouka ([…]), le monicourou ([…]), le degue, le mougou (dessert à base de farine de mil mélangée à la farine de baobab, bu avec du lait), le laro ([…]), […].
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.