rat musqué
\ʁa mys.ke\
The verdict
“rat musqué” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros rongeur trapu amphibie dont la queue écailleuse est comprimée latéralement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rat-musque · rat musqué · French
rat musqué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rat musqué |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa mys.ke\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rat musqué » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rat musqué is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa mys.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gros rongeur trapu amphibie dont la queue écailleuse est comprimée latéralement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rat musqué, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rat musqué, spelled R-A-T- -M-U-S-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Gros rongeur trapu amphibie dont la queue écailleuse est comprimée latéralement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rat musqué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des rats musqués, émergeant des vieilles souches pourries, venaient sur le gazon du bord, leurs moustaches de lapins noirs toutes frémissantes.
Les rats musqués, c'est pareil : lorsqu'ils deviennent trop nombreux, ils affaiblissent les rigoles dans les champs des agriculteurs qui peuvent renverser avec leurs machineries et les briser.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.