moulin

/\mu.lɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,480

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

moulin is aFrenchnoun. It means: Machine permettant de moudre du grain. Pronounced \mu.lɛ̃\. It ranks #5,480 in French word frequency. Often confused with moult and moulu.

Key facts for moulin
PropertyValue
Headwordmoulin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.lɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,480
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for moulin is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mu.lɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,480 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for moulin, with forms such as "mmoulin", "moluin", and "mouiln". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "moult", "moulu", "mourir", 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 moulin, spelled M-O-U-L-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Machine permettant de moudre du grain.
  2. 2
    Machine mue de la même façon (éolienne ou hydraulique), mais destinée à d'autres usages (papeterie, scierie…).
  3. 3
    Ustensile, appareil ou machine qui sert à moudre d’autres grains, d’autres graines, d’autres denrées.
  4. 4
    Machine de même aspect, qui sert à divers usages.
  5. 5
    Bâtiment où se trouvent les machines à moudre.
  6. 6
    Société qui détient ces bâtiments et ces machines.
  7. 7
    Endroit où n’importe qui peut entrer.
  8. 8
    Fracture dans un glacier par laquelle s’écoulent les eaux de fonte  ^([1]).
  9. 9
    Doigté de tambour, utilisé en percussions, mélangeant les doigtés frisé et roulé.
  10. 10
    Moteur.
  11. 11
    Machine, moteur, en général.
  12. 12
    Meuble représentant l’édifice du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est rarement représenté entier (on ne voit souvent que sa roue). Souvent il est fait référence dans le blasonnement à un édifice particulier dit du lieu. À rapprocher de moulin à vent.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoulin,moluin,mouiln,moulinn,moullin,moulni,muolin,omulin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for moulin

Misspelling Variants of "moulin"

mmoulin7moluin6mouiln6moulinn7moullin7moulni6muolin6omulin6
Misspelling Variants of "moulin"

Frequency rank: #5,480 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moulin"?
"moulin" is spelled M-O-U-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.lɛ̃\.
What does "moulin" mean?
As a noun, "moulin" means: Machine permettant de moudre du grain.
What words are commonly confused with "moulin"?
"moulin" is commonly confused with "moult", "moulu", "mourir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moulin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moulin" is \mu.lɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moulin" come from?
"moulin" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.