moule

\mul\

/\mul\/ noun

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The verdict

“moule” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,699
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mollusque bivalve, comestible, dont la coquille est de forme oblongue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moule · moule · French

moule · rank #9,699 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,699
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moindres

Nearest frequency peer: moindres (-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 « moule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moule » 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).

moule vs mue
60% similar
moule vs muse
60% similar
moule vs mous
60% similar

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

Key facts for moule
PropertyValue
Headwordmoule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mul\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,699
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moule »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moulese 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 « moindres » (#9,698), « moulins » (#9,700), « modem » (#9,697). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moule » est au #9,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around moule (IPA \mul\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,699 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for moule, with forms such as "mmoule", "molue", and "mouel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mue", "muse", "mous", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is moule, spelled M-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mollusque bivalve, comestible, dont la coquille est de forme oblongue.
  2. 2
    Sexe des femmes.
  3. 3
    Chance.
  4. 4
    Personne molle, niaise, sans volonté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Ah ! des moules, dit Albertine, j’aimerais tant manger des moules. — Mon chéri ! c’était pour Balbec, ici ça ne vaut rien ; d’ailleurs, je vous en prie, rappelez-vous ce que vous a dit Cottard au sujet des moules. »
  2. Pour les fruits de mer, c’étaient les moules, les coques et les « sauterelles » ou crevettes grises.

This word in other languages

mussel(English)mejillón(Español)Miesmuschel(Deutsch)mexilhão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoule
  • molue
  • mouel
  • moulle
  • muole
  • omule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moule - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmoule1molue2mouel2moulle1muole2omule2
Edit distance from "moule"

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 "moule"?
"moule" is spelled M-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mul\.
What does "moule" mean?
As a noun, "moule" means: Mollusque bivalve, comestible, dont la coquille est de forme oblongue.
What words are commonly confused with "moule"?
"moule" is commonly confused with "mue", "muse", "mous". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moule" is \mul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moule" come from?
"moule" 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 "moule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

modem#9,697mêlée#9,703Nîmes#9,708Palme#9,715

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

sabre6 variantssueur6 variantsTerry6 variantstrip6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list