moustachu

\mus.ta.ʃy\

/\mus.ta.ʃy\/ adj

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The verdict

“moustachu” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,743
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est affublé d'une moustache.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moustachu · moustachu · French

moustachu · rank #45,743 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,743
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moulages

Nearest frequency peer: moulages (-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 « moustachu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moustachu » 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).

moustachu vs moustapha
78% similar
moustachu vs moustache
89% similar
moustachu vs moustaches
80% similar

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

Key facts for moustachu
PropertyValue
Headwordmoustachu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mus.ta.ʃy\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,743
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moustachu »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moustachuse 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 « moulages » (#45,742), « moya » (#45,744), « mouchard » (#45,741). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moustachu » est au #45,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around moustachu (IPA \mus.ta.ʃy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,743 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est affublé d'une moustache.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for moustachu, with forms such as "mmoustachu", "mosutachu", and "mousatchu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "moustapha", "moustache", "moustaches", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is moustachu, spelled M-O-U-S-T-A-C-H-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est affublé d'une moustache.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce fut un départ tout militaire. Il y avait là Legray, le photographe, Lockroy, le dessinateur, etc., enfin, une quatorzaine de troupiers finis, plus ou moins moustachus, plus ou moins barbus, le sac au dos, le fusil à deux coups sur l'épaule, et chacun avec un râtelier varié à sa ceinture.
  2. L’infirmier moustachu m’apporta le déjeuner et m’apprit qu’on avait enfoncé les premières lignes de défense autour de la capitale.

This word in other languages

moustachioed(English)bigotudo(Español)schnurrbärtig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoustachu
  • mosutachu
  • mousatchu
  • mousstachu
  • moustacchu
  • moustachhu
  • moustacuh
  • moustahcu
  • moustcahu
  • mousttachu
  • moutsachu
  • muostachu
  • omustachu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmoustachu1mosutachu2mousatchu2mousstachu1moustacchu1moustachhu1moustacuh2moustahcu2
Edit distance from "moustachu"

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 "moustachu"?
"moustachu" is spelled M-O-U-S-T-A-C-H-U. The IPA pronunciation is \mus.ta.ʃy\.
What does "moustachu" mean?
As an adjective, "moustachu" means: Qui est affublé d'une moustache.
What words are commonly confused with "moustachu"?
"moustachu" is commonly confused with "moustapha", "moustache", "moustaches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moustachu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moustachu" is \mus.ta.ʃy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moustachu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

multiplex#45,746Minervois#45,735maltraite#45,726Malouines#45,725

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Nouakchott13 variantsLockhart13 variantsLampedusa13 variantsKosciusko13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list