mucosité
\my.kɔ.zi.te\
The verdict
“mucosité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mucus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mucosite · mucosité · French
mucosité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | mucosité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \my.kɔ.zi.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mucosité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mucosité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \my.kɔ.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mucosité, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mucosité, spelled M-U-C-O-S-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Mucus.
- 2Suc qui n’est ni tout à fait fluide, ni tout à fait visqueux, que contiennent certaines plantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mucosité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce fait permet de prévoir l'utilité du spirophore pour combattre l'asphyxie due à l'abondance de mucosités bronchiques.
Cette plante abonde en mucosité.
This word in other languages
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.