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muffin

French, noun/mœ.fin/

muffin is spelled M-U-F-F-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muffin is a French masculine noun meaning “muffin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gâteau de forme ronde, avec des pépites de chocolat ou des myrtilles”.

What does muffin mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemuffin

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gâteau de forme ronde, avec des pépites de chocolat ou des myrtilles.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of muffin

  • muffins plural
  • muffing rare

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce muffin?

  • France /mœ.fin/
  • Quebec /mɔ.fin/
  • Quebec /mɔ.fœn/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to muffin

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is muffin in French?

muffin appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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