mucho

\ˈmu.tʃo\

/\ˈmu.tʃo\/ adj

The verdict

“mucho” is uncommon French (frequency #73,371 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,371
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moult, nombreux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mucho · mucho · French

mucho · rank #73,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,371
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méditez

Nearest frequency peer: méditez (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mucho »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mucho » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mucho
PropertyValue
Headwordmucho
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈmu.tʃo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,371
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mucho » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).muchotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « méditez » (#73,372), « moron » (#73,369), « ménagent » (#73,373). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mucho » est au #73,371. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mucho is uncommon French at frequency #73,371 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈmu.tʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moult, nombreux.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mucho, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 mucho, spelled M-U-C-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moult, nombreux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dicen que Iquique es grande, como un Salar. que hay muchas casas lindas, te gustarán.
  2. Mi abuelo, don José Angel Reyes, tenía poca tierra y muchos hijos.

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 "mucho"?
"mucho" is spelled M-U-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈmu.tʃo\.
What does "mucho" mean?
As an adjective, "mucho" means: Moult, nombreux.
How do you pronounce "mucho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mucho" is \ˈmu.tʃo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mucho" come from?
"mucho" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list