mur du son
\myʁ dy sɔ̃\
The verdict
“mur du son” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Seuil acoustique, atteint à la vitesse du son, correspondant à la superposition des ondes sonores.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mur du son |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \myʁ dy sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mur du son” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mur du son is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \myʁ dy sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mur du son doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct French form is mur du son, spelled M-U-R- -D-U- -S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Seuil acoustique, atteint à la vitesse du son, correspondant à la superposition des ondes sonores.
- 2Passer un niveau d’inaudibilité pour arriver à se faire entendre.
This word in other languages
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 “mur du son”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-U-R- -D-U- -S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \myʁ dy sɔ̃\ (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.