moumoute

\mu.mut\

/\mu.mut\/ noun

The verdict

“moumoute” is uncommon French (frequency #65,331 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,331
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perruque, en particulier s'il s’agit d’un modèle pour homme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moumoute · moumoute · French

moumoute · rank #65,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,331
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moralisateurs

Nearest frequency peer: moralisateurs (-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 « moumoute »

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 « moumoute » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moumoute
PropertyValue
Headwordmoumoute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.mut\
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « moumoute » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moumoutetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « moralisateurs » (#65,330), « moussant » (#65,332), « moqueuse » (#65,329). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moumoute » est au #65,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moumoute is uncommon French at frequency #65,331 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.mut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for moumoute in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is moumoute, spelled M-O-U-M-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perruque, en particulier s'il s’agit d’un modèle pour homme.
  2. 2
    Peau de mouton ou son ersatz.
  3. 3
    Nom de chatte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parfois je mettais une moustache, des lunettes, une moumoute.
  2. La nuit, sans sa moumoute, et ses dents à la main Elle filerait la colique à Frankenstein

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 "moumoute"?
"moumoute" is spelled M-O-U-M-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.mut\.
What does "moumoute" mean?
As a noun, "moumoute" means: Perruque, en particulier s'il s’agit d’un modèle pour homme.
How do you pronounce "moumoute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moumoute" is \mu.mut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moumoute" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list