muscle sphincter
\myskl sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“muscle sphincter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muscle circulaire qui circonscrit un orifice et qui, par sa contraction, en rétrécit la lumière jusqu’à l’obturer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-muscle-sphincter · muscle sphincter · French
muscle sphincter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muscle sphincter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \myskl sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « muscle sphincter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
muscle sphincter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \myskl sfɛ̃k.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Muscle circulaire qui circonscrit un orifice et qui, par sa contraction, en rétrécit la lumière jusqu’à l’obturer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for muscle sphincter, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is muscle sphincter, spelled M-U-S-C-L-E- -S-P-H-I-N-C-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Muscle circulaire qui circonscrit un orifice et qui, par sa contraction, en rétrécit la lumière jusqu’à l’obturer.
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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.