mourants

\mu.ʁɑ̃\

/\mu.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“mourants” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,415
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de mourant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mourants · mourants · French

mourants · rank #41,415 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,415
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mortal

Nearest frequency peer: mortal (-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 « mourants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mourants » 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).

mourants vs mutants
75% similar
mourants vs mouvant
75% similar
mourants vs mouvants
88% similar

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

Key facts for mourants
PropertyValue
Headwordmourants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mu.ʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,415
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mourants »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mourantsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mortal » (#41,414), « multilingue » (#41,416), « mordent » (#41,413). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mourants » est au #41,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around mourants (IPA \mu.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,415 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de mourant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mourants, with forms such as "mmourants", "moruants", and "mouarnts". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "mutants", "mouvant", "mouvants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mourants, spelled M-O-U-R-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de mourant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmourants
  • moruants
  • mouarnts
  • mourannts
  • mouranst
  • mourantss
  • mourantts
  • mouratns
  • mournats
  • mourrants
  • muorants
  • omurants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmourants1moruants2mouarnts2mourannts1mouranst2mourantss1mourantts1mouratns2
Edit distance from "mourants"

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 "mourants"?
"mourants" is spelled M-O-U-R-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "mourants" mean?
As an adjective, "mourants" means: Masculin pluriel de mourant.
What words are commonly confused with "mourants"?
"mourants" is commonly confused with "mutants", "mouvant", "mouvants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mourants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mourants" is \mu.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mourants" come from?
"mourants" 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 "mourants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mimiques#41,408military#41,406obliques#41,427osseuses#41,436

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

mollement12 variantsloufoques12 variantslimogeage12 variantsprudhomme12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list