mouvoir

\mu.vwaʁ\

/\mu.vwaʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“mouvoir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,791
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déplacer, faire aller d’un lieu à un autre, mettre en mouvement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mouvoir · mouvoir · French

mouvoir · rank #33,791 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,791
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mouvementé

Nearest frequency peer: mouvementé (-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 « mouvoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mouvoir » 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).

mouvoir vs mourir
71% similar
mouvoir vs Mounir
57% similar
mouvoir vs mourrir
71% similar

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

Key facts for mouvoir
PropertyValue
Headwordmouvoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mu.vwaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,791
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mouvoir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mouvoirse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mouvementé » (#33,790), « muqueuse » (#33,792), « Moscovici » (#33,789). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mouvoir » est au #33,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mouvoir (IPA \mu.vwaʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,791 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mouvoir, with forms such as "mmouvoir", "mouovir", and "mouvior". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mourir", "Mounir", "mourrir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mouvoir, spelled M-O-U-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déplacer, faire aller d’un lieu à un autre, mettre en mouvement.
  2. 2
    Exciter, donner une impulsion, faire agir, en parlant des idées, des sentiments.
  3. 3
    Marcher, se déplacer.
  4. 4
    Agir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après le déjeuner, nous descendîmes dans des villages rappelant ceux de la Suisse, où l'eau de la Nonette fait mouvoir des scieries.
  2. Les plus importants des moulins à écorces sont établis à Charleville, aux Mazures, à Revin, à Vireux, etc. ; ils sont généralement sur des cours d’eau ; quelques-uns sont mus par des machines à vapeur.

Synonyms

actionnerbouger

This word in other languages

move(English)mover(Español)bewegen(Deutsch)mexer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmouvoir
  • mouovir
  • mouvior
  • mouvoirr
  • mouvori
  • mouvvoir
  • movuoir
  • muovoir
  • omuvoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mouvoir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmouvoir1mouovir2mouvior2mouvoirr1mouvori2mouvvoir1movuoir2muovoir2
Edit distance from "mouvoir"

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 "mouvoir"?
"mouvoir" is spelled M-O-U-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.vwaʁ\.
What does "mouvoir" mean?
As a verb, "mouvoir" means: Déplacer, faire aller d’un lieu à un autre, mettre en mouvement.
What words are commonly confused with "mouvoir"?
"mouvoir" is commonly confused with "mourir", "Mounir", "mourrir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mouvoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mouvoir" is \mu.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mouvoir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mouvoir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Mustafa#33,793mutisme#33,794moduler#33,787Mickael#33,785

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

muqueuse9 variantsMariana9 variantsMarcello9 variantsOkinawa9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list