mouiller

/\mu.je\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,187

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

mouiller is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide. Pronounced \mu.je\. Often confused with Müller and mouillés.

Key facts for mouiller
PropertyValue
Headwordmouiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mu.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,187
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mouiller in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mouiller is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mu.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,187 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mouiller, with forms such as "mmouiller", "moiuller", and "mouilelr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Müller", "mouillés", "Miller", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mouiller, spelled M-O-U-I-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide.
  2. 2
    Ajouter du liquide (comme de l’eau, du lait ou du bouillon) à une sauce, ou à un plat qui a commencé à cuire sans eau.
  3. 3
    Mettre à l’eau.
  4. 4
    Compromettre, mettre en cause, impliquer (parfois contre sa volonté).
  5. 5
    Palataliser, en parlant d'une consonne.
  6. 6
    Jeter l’ancre, s’arrêter ou être ancré par opposition à être en déplacement.
  7. 7
    Pleuvoir. (Note : dans ce cas le verbe est défectif comme pleuvoir.)
  8. 8
    Avoir peur, par allusion à l’incontinence qui accompagne les grandes frayeurs.
  9. 9
    En parlant d’une femme, humecter la vulve avec des sécrétions vaginales lubrifiantes provoquées par l’excitation sexuelle ; en parlant d’un homme : secréter du liquide séminal à la suite de l’excitation sexuelle.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmouiller,moiuller,mouilelr,mouiler,mouillerr,mouillre,mouliler,muoiller,omuiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mouiller

Misspelling Variants of "mouiller"

mmouiller9moiuller8mouilelr8mouiler7mouillerr9mouillre8mouliler8muoiller8
Misspelling Variants of "mouiller"

Frequency rank: #16,187 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mouiller"?
"mouiller" is spelled M-O-U-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.je\.
What does "mouiller" mean?
As a verb, "mouiller" means: Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide.
What words are commonly confused with "mouiller"?
"mouiller" is commonly confused with "Müller", "mouillés", "Miller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mouiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mouiller" is \mu.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mouiller" come from?
"mouiller" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.