mouler

\mu.le\

/\mu.le\/ verb

The verdict

“mouler” is uncommon French (frequency #63,941 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,941
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeter en moule, faire au moule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mouler · mouler · French

mouler · rank #63,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,941
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH morcelée

Nearest frequency peer: morcelée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mouler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mouler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mouler
PropertyValue
Headwordmouler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mu.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mouler » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).moulertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « morcelée » (#63,940), « moray » (#63,939), « mumble » (#63,943). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mouler » est au #63,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mouler is uncommon French at frequency #63,941 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \mu.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

mouler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mouler, spelled M-O-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeter en moule, faire au moule.
  2. 2
    Épouser les contours.
  3. 3
    Prendre modèle sur quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    Quitter précipitamment, laisser en plan.
  5. 5
    Tracer des caractères d'écriture avec soin et régularité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mouler une figure, des médailles.
  2. Mouler en plâtre, en terre. Quand il s’agit des Métaux, on dit plutôt fondre ou couler.

This word in other languages

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 "mouler"?
"mouler" is spelled M-O-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.le\.
What does "mouler" mean?
As a verb, "mouler" means: Jeter en moule, faire au moule.
How do you pronounce "mouler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mouler" is \mu.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mouler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list