mouron
\mu.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“mouron” is uncommon French (frequency #62,458 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,458
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite plante annuelle, à fleurs rouges, parfois bleues, (Anagallis arvensis L., 1753), de la famille des primulacées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mouron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mouron” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mouron is uncommon French at frequency #62,458 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mouron, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mouron, spelled M-O-U-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petite plante annuelle, à fleurs rouges, parfois bleues, (Anagallis arvensis L., 1753), de la famille des primulacées.
- 2Petite plante annuelle, à fleurs blanches, (Stellaria media (L.) Vill., 1789), de la famille des caryophyllacées, envahissante dans les cultures, et qui peut servir à la nourriture des oiseaux en cage.
- 3Synonyme de pilosité, (dans le même sens que gazon).
- 4Souci, utilisé presque uniquement dans l’expression se faire du mouron.
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.
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Using “mouron”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-O-U-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.