mouiller

\mu.je\

/\mu.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“mouiller” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,187
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mouiller · mouiller · French

mouiller · rank #16,187 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,187
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH misérables

Nearest frequency peer: misérables (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mouiller »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mouiller » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mouiller vs Müller
50% similar
mouiller vs mouillés
75% similar
mouiller vs Miller
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mouiller »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mouillerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « misérables » (#16,186), « mouvance » (#16,188), « minimes » (#16,185). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mouiller » est au #16,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mouiller (IPA \mu.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,187 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mouiller, with forms such as "mmouiller", "moiuller", and "mouilelr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mouiller, spelled M-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mouiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Attablé, il expliqua à ses commensaux qu'il avait mouillé ses souliers en cheyant dans un fossé.
  2. Je les fais revenir dans un sautoir avec du beurre, puis je les mouille avec le bouillon des cosses.

Synonyms

allongeravoir la trouillehumecterhumidifierpleuvoirtremper

Antonyms

lever l’ancrelever un mouillagesécher

This word in other languages

wet(English)mojar(Español)anfeuchten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmouiller
  • moiuller
  • mouilelr
  • mouiler
  • mouillerr
  • mouillre
  • mouliler
  • muoiller
  • omuiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mouiller - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmouiller1moiuller2mouilelr2mouiler1mouillerr1mouillre2mouliler2muoiller2
Edit distance from "mouiller"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mouiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mouvance#16,188martiaux#16,179occupées#16,196penchant#16,202

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Myriam9 variantsNatalie9 variantsmaudite9 variantsplaqué9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list