mûrissent

\my.ʁis\

/\my.ʁis\/ verb

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The verdict

“mûrissent” is uncommon French (frequency #57,456 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,456
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe mûrir.

Key facts for mûrissent
PropertyValue
Headwordmûrissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\my.ʁis\
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,456
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mûrissent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mûrissent lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mûrissent is uncommon French at frequency #57,456 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \my.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for mûrissent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 mûrissent, spelled M-Û-R-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe mûrir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif du verbe mûrir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait du subjonctif du verbe mûrir.

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 "mûrissent"?
"mûrissent" is spelled M-Û-R-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ʁis\.
What does "mûrissent" mean?
As a verb, "mûrissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe mûrir.
How do you pronounce "mûrissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mûrissent" is \my.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mûrissent" come from?
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Using “mûrissent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-Û-R-I-S-S-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \my.ʁis\ (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list