moutonnier
\mu.tɔ.nje\
The verdict
“moutonnier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne le mouton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moutonnier · moutonnier · French
moutonnier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | moutonnier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mu.tɔ.nje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « moutonnier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
moutonnier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mu.tɔ.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for moutonnier, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is moutonnier, spelled M-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne le mouton.
- 2Bête.
- 3Moutonneux, frisé et annelé comme la laine d’un mouton.
- 4Suiviste, conformiste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moutonnier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La moutonnière créature Pesait plus qu’un fromage, outre que sa toison Était d’une épaisseur extrême, Et mêlée à peu près de la même façon Que la barbe de Polyphème.
Seul, les bergers, occupés à casser la croûte, ne purent découvrir le bouquillon dans la foule moutonnière.
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.