mustélidé

\mys.te.li.de\

/\mys.te.li.de\/ noun

The verdict

“mustélidé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal appartenant aux Mustelidae, famille de mammifères carnivores regroupant 55 espèces telles que blaireaux, belettes, fouines, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mustelide · mustélidé · French

mustélidé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 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.

Key facts for mustélidé
PropertyValue
Headwordmustélidé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mys.te.li.de\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mustélidé » en français

mustélidésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mustélidé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mys.te.li.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Animal appartenant aux Mustelidae, famille de mammifères carnivores regroupant 55 espèces telles que blaireaux, belettes, fouines, etc.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mustélidé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mustélidé, spelled M-U-S-T-É-L-I-D-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal appartenant aux Mustelidae, famille de mammifères carnivores regroupant 55 espèces telles que blaireaux, belettes, fouines, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mustélidé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les mustélidés sont protégés dans plusieurs pays d'Europe.
  2. Malgré les campagnes choc des militants anti-fourrure, le mustélidé est encore à l’honneur dans les défilés de mode.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mustélidé"?
"mustélidé" is spelled M-U-S-T-É-L-I-D-É. The IPA pronunciation is \mys.te.li.de\.
What does "mustélidé" mean?
As a noun, "mustélidé" means: Animal appartenant aux Mustelidae, famille de mammifères carnivores regroupant 55 espèces telles que blaireaux, belettes, fouines, etc.
How do you pronounce "mustélidé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mustélidé" is \mys.te.li.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mustélidé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list