mousseline

\mu.slin\

/\mu.slin\/ noun

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The verdict

“mousseline” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,932. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,932
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toile de coton très claire et ordinairement très fine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mousseline · mousseline · French

mousseline · rank #37,932 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,932
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH montgolfière

Nearest frequency peer: montgolfière (-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 « mousseline »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mousseline » 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
Key facts for mousseline
PropertyValue
Headwordmousseline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.slin\
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,932
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mousseline »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mousselinese 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 « montgolfière » (#37,931), « mural » (#37,933), « monologues » (#37,930). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mousseline » est au #37,932. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around mousseline (IPA \mu.slin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,932 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mousseline, with forms such as "mmousseline", "mosuseline", and "mouseline". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mousseline, spelled M-O-U-S-S-E-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toile de coton très claire et ordinairement très fine.
  2. 2
    Étoffe fine et souple.
  3. 3
    Écran léger, voile.
  4. 4
    Verre à vin très fin, dépoli et orné de motifs imitant le tissu du même nom. → voir mousselinage
  5. 5
    Fine purée de pomme de terre, plus généralement préparation légère.
  6. 6
    Plante du genre Asparagus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle était vêtue avec une magnificence pleine de charme et d'élégance. La mousseline des Indes faisait tous les frais de sa toilette.
  2. La Clope avait une voix de petite fille modèle, une voix fait pour être enveloppée de mousseline, un de ces voix dont on dit qu’elle passe sur les dents comme sur des perles.

This word in other languages

muslin(English)muselina(Español)Musselin(Deutsch)musselina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmousseline
  • mosuseline
  • mouseline
  • mousesline
  • mousseilne
  • mousselien
  • mousselinne
  • mousselline
  • mousselnie
  • moussleine
  • muosseline
  • omusseline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mousseline - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmousseline1mosuseline2mouseline1mousesline2mousseilne2mousselien2mousselinne1mousselline1
Edit distance from "mousseline"

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 "mousseline"?
"mousseline" is spelled M-O-U-S-S-E-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.slin\.
What does "mousseline" mean?
As a noun, "mousseline" means: Toile de coton très claire et ordinairement très fine.
What are common misspellings of "mousseline"?
Common misspellings include "mmousseline", "mosuseline", "mouseline", "mousesline", "mousseilne". The correct spelling is "mousseline".
How do you pronounce "mousseline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mousseline" is \mu.slin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mousseline" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

monologues#37,930mobilisant#37,928mysticisme#37,937médaillons#37,938

Similar misspelling depth

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

météores12 variantsmanquons12 variantsoffriront12 variantsLyonnaises12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list