mouvance
\mu.vɑ̃s\
The verdict
“mouvance” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,188
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépendance d’un fief à l’égard d’un autre dont il relève.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mouvance · mouvance · French
mouvance · rank #16,188 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,188
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mouiller
Nearest frequency peer: mouiller (-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 « mouvance »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- minimes
minimes
83,816 corpus weight
- misérables
misérables
83,815 corpus weight
- mouiller
mouiller
83,814 corpus weight
- mouvance
mouvance
83,813 corpus weight
- must
must
83,812 corpus weight
- Myriam
Myriam
83,811 corpus weight
What this shows « mouvance » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mouvance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.vɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mouvance »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mouvance (IPA \mu.vɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,188 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 mouvance, with forms such as "mmouvance", "mouavnce", and "mouvacne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mouvant", "mouvants", "mourante", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mouvance, spelled M-O-U-V-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Dépendance d’un fief à l’égard d’un autre dont il relève.
- 2Association informelle ; sphère d'influence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouvance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant 1789, la mouvance des fiefs soumis au castel du Guaisnic, perché sur une colline, valait encore cinquante mille livres ; mais en un vote l’Assemblée nationale supprima l’impôt des lods et ventes perçu par les seigneurs.
Mouvance active, passive, médiate, immédiate.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmouvance
- mouavnce
- mouvacne
- mouvancce
- mouvanec
- mouvannce
- mouvnace
- mouvvance
- movuance
- muovance
- omuvance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mouvance - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mouvance", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).