muguet

\my.ɡɛ\

/\my.ɡɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“muguet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,877
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel de Convallaria majalis, plante herbacée des régions tempérées dont les fleurs printanières, petites et blanches, forment des grappes de clochettes très odorantes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-muguet · muguet · French

muguet · rank #40,877 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,877
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mounier

Nearest frequency peer: mounier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « muguet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « muguet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

muguet vs muret
67% similar
muguet vs mulet
67% similar
muguet vs mutuel
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for muguet
PropertyValue
Headwordmuguet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.ɡɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,877
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « muguet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).muguetse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mounier » (#40,876), « muscade » (#40,878), « Mostaganem » (#40,875). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « muguet » est au #40,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around muguet (IPA \my.ɡɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,877 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for muguet, with forms such as "mguuet", "mmuguet", and "mugeut". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "muret", "mulet", "mutuel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is muguet, spelled M-U-G-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel de Convallaria majalis, plante herbacée des régions tempérées dont les fleurs printanières, petites et blanches, forment des grappes de clochettes très odorantes.
  2. 2
    Nom vernaculaire donné à plusieurs espèces de plantes qui ressemblent à celle précédemment citée : Maianthemum bifolium ou muguet des dames ; Ophiopogon japonicus ou muguet du Japon ; Salpichroa origanifolia ou muguet des pampas ; Polygonatum sp. ou grand muguet ou muguet du pauvre.
  3. 3
    Candidose ; blanchet.
  4. 4
    Jeune homme élégant, dandy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. El Mouria, c’est toute la forêt : il en connaît tous les sentiers, à des lieues, les cantons à muguet, les champs de myrtilles, les placers de girolles, de pieds rouges, de charbonniers.
  2. Et en ce qui concerne l’odeur du muguet, rien non plus ne sera jamais changé.

Synonyms

clochette des boisgrelotgrilletlys des valléeslis des valléeslys de mailis de maiamourettegazon de Parnasselarmes de la Madonelarmes de Sainte Marielarmes de Notre-Dame

This word in other languages

lily of the valley(English)muguete(Español)Maiglöckchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mguuet
  • mmuguet
  • mugeut
  • mugguet
  • muguett
  • mugute
  • muuget
  • umguet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of muguet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mguuet2mmuguet1mugeut2mugguet1muguett1mugute2muuget2umguet2
Edit distance from "muguet"

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 "muguet"?
"muguet" is spelled M-U-G-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ɡɛ\.
What does "muguet" mean?
As a noun, "muguet" means: Nom usuel de Convallaria majalis, plante herbacée des régions tempérées dont les fleurs printanières, petites et blanches, forment des grappes de clochettes très odorantes.
What words are commonly confused with "muguet"?
"muguet" is commonly confused with "muret", "mulet", "mutuel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muguet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muguet" is \my.ɡɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muguet" come from?
"muguet" 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 "muguet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moites#40,873misant#40,870marcha#40,859madras#40,852

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

papale8 variantsLynda8 variantskhmer8 variantskanté8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list