musaraigne
\my.za.ʁɛɲ\
The verdict
“musaraigne” is uncommon French (frequency #99,391 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,391
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit mammifère carnassier, insectivore, de la famille des soricidés, à peu près de la grosseur d’une souris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-musaraigne · musaraigne · French
musaraigne · rank #99,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,391
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mune
Nearest frequency peer: mune (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « musaraigne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- MP5
MP5
615 corpus weight
- Mucchielli
Mucchielli
613 corpus weight
- multis
multis
612 corpus weight
- mune
mune
611 corpus weight
- musaraigne
musaraigne
610 corpus weight
- mysterium
mysterium
607 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « musaraigne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | musaraigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \my.za.ʁɛɲ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « musaraigne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
musaraigne is uncommon French at frequency #99,391 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \my.za.ʁɛɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for musaraigne, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is musaraigne, spelled M-U-S-A-R-A-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de petit mammifère carnassier, insectivore, de la famille des soricidés, à peu près de la grosseur d’une souris.
- 2Variante de musaraigne commune (mammifère insectivore).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how musaraigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les musaraignes, petites souris microscopiques, grosses comme une noisette, se hasardaient hors de leur trou, et dessinaient sur le sol de capricieuses bigarrures du bout de leur petite queue pointue.
Synonyms
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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.
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