mudra
\mu.dʁa\
The verdict
“mudra” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Gestes des mains et des doigts ayant un sens codé ou mystique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mudra · mudra · French
mudra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mudra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mu.dʁa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mudra” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mudra is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mu.dʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gestes des mains et des doigts ayant un sens codé ou mystique.".
mudra doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 mudra, spelled M-U-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1Gestes des mains et des doigts ayant un sens codé ou mystique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mudra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette phrase sonnait comme un rituel, et Imenel ressentit très clairement la mudra s’activer.
Un mudra est un geste symbolique, créateur de paix et de détente. Il aide le yogi à se tourner davantage à l’intérieur de lui-même.
This word in other languages
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