mouiller
\mu.je\
The verdict
“mouiller” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #16,187 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #16,187
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mouiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mu.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mouiller” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mouiller is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 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
- 1Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide.
- 2Ajouter 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.
- 3Mettre à l’eau.
- 4Compromettre, mettre en cause, impliquer (parfois contre sa volonté).
- 5Palataliser, en parlant d'une consonne.
- 6Jeter l’ancre, s’arrêter ou être ancré par opposition à être en déplacement.
- 7Pleuvoir. (Note : dans ce cas le verbe est défectif comme pleuvoir.)
- 8Avoir peur, par allusion à l’incontinence qui accompagne les grandes frayeurs.
- 9En 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.
Antonyms
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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.
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.
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Using “mouiller”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-U-I-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mu.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Müller” - see the side-by-side comparison. mouiller vs Müller
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.