mousson

\mu.sɔ̃\

/\mu.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mousson” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,885
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vent qui souffle périodiquement dans l’océan Indien, six mois du même côté, et six mois du côté opposé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mousson · mousson · French

mousson · rank #27,885 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,885
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH motorisés

Nearest frequency peer: motorisés (-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 « mousson »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mousson » 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).

mousson vs musso
71% similar
mousson vs mouton
71% similar
mousson vs mousse
71% similar

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

Key facts for mousson
PropertyValue
Headwordmousson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.sɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,885
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mousson »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).moussonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « motorisés » (#27,884), « motorisé » (#27,883), « nantaise » (#27,887). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mousson » est au #27,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around mousson (IPA \mu.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,885 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mousson, with forms such as "mmousson", "mosuson", and "mouson". 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 also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "musso", "mouton", "mousse", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mousson, spelled M-O-U-S-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vent qui souffle périodiquement dans l’océan Indien, six mois du même côté, et six mois du côté opposé.
  2. 2
    Vent périodique des tropiques.
  3. 3
    Période où souffle ce vent.
  4. 4
    Mousson de canard : pâté de foie de canard de consistance légère et mousseuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le régime des moussons.
  2. Mais nous leur montrerons qu’on peut, sans eux, courir des bordées contre les moussons de l’océan Pacifique !

Synonyms

moçon

This word in other languages

monsoon(English)monzón(Español)Monsun(Deutsch)monção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmousson
  • mosuson
  • mouson
  • mousosn
  • moussno
  • moussonn
  • muosson
  • omusson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mousson - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmousson1mosuson2mouson1mousosn2moussno2moussonn1muosson2omusson2
Edit distance from "mousson"

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 "mousson"?
"mousson" is spelled M-O-U-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.sɔ̃\.
What does "mousson" mean?
As a noun, "mousson" means: Vent qui souffle périodiquement dans l’océan Indien, six mois du même côté, et six mois du côté opposé.
What words are commonly confused with "mousson"?
"mousson" is commonly confused with "musso", "mouton", "mousse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mousson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mousson" is \mu.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mousson" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

navigo8 variantsMbappé8 variantsPhilipp8 variantsjurys8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list