moutons

\mu.tɔ̃\

/\mu.tɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“moutons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,089
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mouton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moutons · moutons · French

moutons · rank #7,089 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,089
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mondiaux

Nearest frequency peer: mondiaux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « moutons »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

moutons vs mutins
71% similar
moutons vs motos
71% similar
moutons vs mouton
86% similar

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

Key facts for moutons
PropertyValue
Headwordmoutons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mu.tɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,089
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moutons »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mondiaux » (#7,088), « notions » (#7,090), « moines » (#7,087). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moutons » est au #7,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around moutons (IPA \mu.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,089 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mouton.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for moutons, with forms such as "mmoutons", "motuons", and "mouotns". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "mutins", "motos", "mouton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 moutons, spelled M-O-U-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mouton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Durant l’hiver, les bœufs et les moutons doivent se nourrir de foin, herbe séchée qui a poussé au printemps dans les prairies humides et ensoleillées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoutons
  • motuons
  • mouotns
  • moutnos
  • moutonns
  • moutonss
  • moutosn
  • mouttons
  • muotons
  • omutons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moutons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmoutons1motuons2mouotns2moutnos2moutonns1moutonss1moutosn2mouttons1
Edit distance from "moutons"

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 "moutons"?
"moutons" is spelled M-O-U-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.tɔ̃\.
What does "moutons" mean?
As a noun, "moutons" means: Pluriel de mouton.
What words are commonly confused with "moutons"?
"moutons" is commonly confused with "mutins", "motos", "mouton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moutons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moutons" is \mu.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moutons" come from?
"moutons" 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 "moutons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

notions#7,090Lambert#7,080portion#7,101prudent#7,105

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Jalousie10 variantshabiller10 variantsValérie10 variantsVatican10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list