muid
\mɥi\
The verdict
“muid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mesure pour les liquides, pour les grains et pour plusieurs autres matières, comme le sel, le charbon, le plâtre, la chaux, etc., de différente grandeur, selon les différents pays et la nature des ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɥi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muid” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
muid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
muid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 muid, spelled M-U-I-D.
Definition
- 1Mesure pour les liquides, pour les grains et pour plusieurs autres matières, comme le sel, le charbon, le plâtre, la chaux, etc., de différente grandeur, selon les différents pays et la nature des marchandises à mesurer. Par exemple à Paris il contient 268 litres pour le vin, mais 1800 litres pour le blé, 2400 pour le sel et 3700 pour l'avoine.
- 2Récipient, futaille qui contient la mesure d’un muid de vin ou de quelque autre liquide.
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.
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Using “muid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-U-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.