moutonne
\mu.tɔn\
The verdict
“moutonne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle du mouton, mammifère herbivore de la famille des ovidés, à poils laineux et frisés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moutonne · moutonne · French
moutonne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | moutonne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.tɔn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
moutonne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for moutonne in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is moutonne, spelled M-O-U-T-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Femelle du mouton, mammifère herbivore de la famille des ovidés, à poils laineux et frisés.
- 2Femme désagréable et ridicule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moutonne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais c’est surtout dans la catégorie des noms d’animaux qu’interviennent ces flexions, D’Aulnoy dotant d’une forme féminine de nombreux substantifs masculins, normalement invariables : moutonne, pigeonne, dragonne, crapaude, magotte, dauphine, marcassine ou encore babouine.
Mascaron décrépit de vieille moutonne doucereuse et implacable, elle parlait en roucoulant aux individus qualifiés et barytonnait avec arrogance lorsqu’elle s’adressait à des inférieurs.
Synonyms
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.