mue

/\my\/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,916

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mue is aFrenchnoun. It means: Changement de poil, de plumes, de peau, de cornes, etc., qui arrive aux animaux, ou tous les ans, ou à certaines époques de leur vie. Pronounced \my\. Often confused with my and MW.

Key facts for mue
PropertyValue
Headwordmue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my\
Letters3
Frequency rank#19,916
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mue in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mue is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \my\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,916 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for mue in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "MW", "Mx", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mue, spelled M-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Changement de poil, de plumes, de peau, de cornes, etc., qui arrive aux animaux, ou tous les ans, ou à certaines époques de leur vie.
  2. 2
    Époque où ces changements se font.
  3. 3
    Temps de l'âge d'un oiseau de proie compté en nombre de mues.
  4. 4
    La dépouille d’un animal qui a mué.
  5. 5
    Changement qui se produit dans la voix humaine à l’époque de la puberté.
  6. 6
    Changement ; transformation; évolution.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #19,916 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mue"?
"mue" is spelled M-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \my\.
What does "mue" mean?
As a noun, "mue" means: Changement de poil, de plumes, de peau, de cornes, etc., qui arrive aux animaux, ou tous les ans, ou à certaines époques de leur vie.
What words are commonly confused with "mue"?
"mue" is commonly confused with "my", "MW", "Mx". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mue" is \my\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mue" come from?
"mue" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.