mustang

/\mys.tɑ̃ɡ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,402

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

mustang is aFrenchnoun. It means: Nom des chevaux sauvages de la pampa de la Sud-Amérique. Pronounced \mys.tɑ̃ɡ\. Often confused with mutant and Mustafa.

Key facts for mustang
PropertyValue
Headwordmustang
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mys.tɑ̃ɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,402
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mustang is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mys.tɑ̃ɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,402 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for mustang, with forms such as "mmustang", "msutang", and "musatng". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mutant", "Mustafa", 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 mustang, spelled M-U-S-T-A-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom des chevaux sauvages de la pampa de la Sud-Amérique.
  2. 2
    Race de cheval de travail, cheval sauvage originaire du Nord-Ouest de l’Amérique du Nord et du Canada, descendant de chevaux domestiques revenus à l'état sauvage du fait du phénomène du marronnage, dont la taille au garrot est de 1,35 à 1,55 m, utilisés pour le travail du bétail, le rodéo et la randonnée.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmustang,msutang,musatng,musstang,mustagn,mustangg,mustanng,mustnag,musttang,mutsang,umstang

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mustang

Misspelling Variants of "mustang"

mmustang8msutang7musatng7musstang8mustagn7mustangg8mustanng8mustnag7
Misspelling Variants of "mustang"

Frequency rank: #21,402 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mustang"?
"mustang" is spelled M-U-S-T-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \mys.tɑ̃ɡ\.
What does "mustang" mean?
As a noun, "mustang" means: Nom des chevaux sauvages de la pampa de la Sud-Amérique.
What words are commonly confused with "mustang"?
"mustang" is commonly confused with "mutant", "Mustafa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mustang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mustang" is \mys.tɑ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mustang" come from?
"mustang" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.