muraille

/\my.ʁaj\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,421

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

muraille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble de murs clôturant un espace. Pronounced \my.ʁaj\. Often confused with murale and myrtille.

Key facts for muraille
PropertyValue
Headwordmuraille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.ʁaj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,421
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for muraille is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \my.ʁaj\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,421 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for muraille, with forms such as "mmuraille", "mruaille", and "muarille". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "murale", "myrtille", "murailles", 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 muraille, spelled M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de murs clôturant un espace.
  2. 2
    Élévation de matière imposante par sa hauteur.
  3. 3
    Paroi verticale monomorphe.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant un mur crénelé dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le mur. Il se démarque du mur en occupant une grande surface de l’écu.
  5. 5
    Partie latérale de la coque d’un navire.
  6. 6
    Paroi de la cuirasse d’une pièce d’artillerie.
  7. 7
    Ceinture défensive entourant une ville. → voir cordon de muraille
  8. 8
    Paroi du sabot d’un ongulé.
  9. 9
    Mur d’une habitation ou d’une ville.
  10. 10
    Structure imaginaire destinée à protéger quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  11. 11
    Ceinture protectrice.
  12. 12
    Zone de végétation naturelle.
  13. 13
    Bouclier de protection par la communication.
  14. 14
    Barrière mentale.
  15. 15
    Collectif protecteur.
  16. 16
    Système de protection du moi intérieur.
  17. 17
    Ensemble protégé par un système de défense. → voir muraille de Chine
  18. 18
    Ville.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmuraille,mruaille,muarille,muraile,murailel,muralile,murialle,murraille,umraille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muraille

Misspelling Variants of "muraille"

mmuraille9mruaille8muarille8muraile7murailel8muralile8murialle8murraille9
Misspelling Variants of "muraille"

Frequency rank: #16,421 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muraille"?
"muraille" is spelled M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ʁaj\.
What does "muraille" mean?
As a noun, "muraille" means: Ensemble de murs clôturant un espace.
What words are commonly confused with "muraille"?
"muraille" is commonly confused with "murale", "myrtille", "murailles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muraille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muraille" is \my.ʁaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muraille" come from?
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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.