muselière
\my.zə.ljɛʁ\
The verdict
“muselière” is uncommon French (frequency #61,718 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,718
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil que l’on met à la gueule, à la bouche de quelques animaux pour les empêcher de mordre, de paître, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-museliere · muselière · French
muselière · rank #61,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,718
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH multiplicatio…
Nearest frequency peer: multiplications (-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 « muselière »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Moustier
Moustier
38,286 corpus weight
- Mucem
Mucem
38,285 corpus weight
- multiplicat…
multiplications
38,284 corpus weight
- muselière
muselière
38,283 corpus weight
- mutualisé
mutualisé
38,282 corpus weight
- mycose
mycose
38,281 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « muselière » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muselière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \my.zə.ljɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « muselière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
muselière is uncommon French at frequency #61,718 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \my.zə.ljɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for muselière, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is muselière, spelled M-U-S-E-L-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil que l’on met à la gueule, à la bouche de quelques animaux pour les empêcher de mordre, de paître, etc.
- 2Grillage entourant la planche d’envol d’une ruche pour en faciliter le déplacement, permettant ainsi de la fermer et de la protéger de prédateurs tout en laissant respirer les abeilles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how muselière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je suis comme un conducteur d’ours qui tremble qu’un jour la muselière ne se brise.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).