moutarde

Name: moutarde, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\mu.taʁd\

/\mu.taʁd\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“moutarde” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,093. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,093
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Brassicacées (ou Crucifères) à fleurs jaunes dont certaines espèces sont cultivées pour le fourrage et d'autres pour les graines, ingrédient de base de condiments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moutarde · moutarde · French

moutarde · rank #14,093 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,093
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH Montréalais

Nearest frequency peer: Montréalais (-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.

Monica

85,911
Montparnasse

85,910
Montréalais

85,909
moutarde

85,908
Mt

85,907
muse

85,906

What this shows « moutarde » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

moutarde vs mouture

75% similar

moutarde vs motard

75% similar

moutarde vs motards

75% similar

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

Key facts for moutarde
Property	Value
Headword	moutarde
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\mu.taʁd\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#14,093
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moutarde »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).moutardese place ici:

#14,093

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Montréalais » (#14,092), « Mt » (#14,094), « Montparnasse » (#14,091). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moutarde » est au #14,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around moutarde (IPA \mu.taʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,093 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for moutarde, with forms such as "mmoutarde", "motuarde", and "mouatrde". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mouture", "motard", "motards", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is moutarde, spelled M-O-U-T-A-R-D-E.

Definition

1
Plante de la famille des Brassicacées (ou Crucifères) à fleurs jaunes dont certaines espèces sont cultivées pour le fourrage et d'autres pour les graines, ingrédient de base de condiments.
2
Condiment préparé à partir de graines de moutarde broyées dans du vinaigre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

— Je suis congestionné. J’ai le sang à la tête. Préparez-moi un bain de pieds à la moutarde…
Il en est de même des moutardes douces (type Savora), des sauces vinaigrées d’origine anglaise (pickles, chutney) et de la Worcestershire sauce.

This word in other languages

mustard(English)mostaza(Español)Senf(Deutsch)mostarda(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mmoutarde
motuarde
mouatrde
moutadre
moutardde
moutared
moutarrde
moutrade
mouttarde
muotarde
omutarde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "moutarde"

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 "moutarde"?

"moutarde" is spelled M-O-U-T-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.taʁd\.

What does "moutarde" mean?

As a noun, "moutarde" means: Plante de la famille des Brassicacées (ou Crucifères) à fleurs jaunes dont certaines espèces sont cultivées pour le fourrage et d'autres pour les graines, ingrédient de base de condiments.

What words are commonly confused with "moutarde"?

"moutarde" is commonly confused with "mouture", "motard", "motards". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "moutarde"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moutarde" is \mu.taʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "moutarde" come from?

"moutarde" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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