mouton de Panurge

\mu.tɔ̃ də pa.nyʁʒ\

/\mu.tɔ̃ də pa.nyʁʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“mouton de Panurge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne suivant un mouvement ou une majorité sans réfléchir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mouton-de-panurge · mouton de Panurge · French

mouton de Panurge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for mouton de Panurge
PropertyValue
Headwordmouton de Panurge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.tɔ̃ də pa.nyʁʒ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mouton de Panurge » en français

mouton de Panurgereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mouton de Panurge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.tɔ̃ də pa.nyʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne suivant un mouvement ou une majorité sans réfléchir.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mouton de Panurge, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 mouton de Panurge, spelled M-O-U-T-O-N- -D-E- -P-A-N-U-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne suivant un mouvement ou une majorité sans réfléchir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Qu’on n’objecte pas que c’en serait fait de la jeunesse, privée de ces Mentors, ou tout au moins les possédant moins près d’elle ; la jeunesse, sauf les bons moutons de Panurge dont on fait le calque d’un programme et que l’on dresse à remplir des fonctions qu’ils remplissent mal, perd un temps précieux à se défarcir la tête des opinions erronées, définit…

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mouton de Panurge"?
"mouton de Panurge" is spelled M-O-U-T-O-N- -D-E- -P-A-N-U-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.tɔ̃ də pa.nyʁʒ\.
What does "mouton de Panurge" mean?
As a noun, "mouton de Panurge" means: Personne suivant un mouvement ou une majorité sans réfléchir.
How do you pronounce "mouton de Panurge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mouton de Panurge" is \mu.tɔ̃ də pa.nyʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mouton de Panurge" come from?
"mouton de Panurge" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list