moutard
\mu.taʁ\
The verdict
“moutard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfant ou petit garçon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moutard · moutard · French
moutard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moutard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.taʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « moutard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
moutard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.taʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfant ou petit garçon.".
moutard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 moutard, spelled M-O-U-T-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Enfant ou petit garçon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moutard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Où mange-t-on ici ? demandons nous à un moutard du pays fort occupé à taquiner le goujon ou peut-être bien une autre espèce.
– Tais-toi donc, moutard, hurla Lupin, tu ne sais donc pas qui je suis ? et que si je voulais… Ma parole, il ose rire !
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.