styromousse
\sti.ʁɔ.mus\
The verdict
“styromousse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polystyrène expansé, polystyrène extrudé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-styromousse · styromousse · French
styromousse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | styromousse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sti.ʁɔ.mus\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “styromousse” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
styromousse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sti.ʁɔ.mus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polystyrène expansé, polystyrène extrudé.".
styromousse has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is styromousse, spelled S-T-Y-R-O-M-O-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Polystyrène expansé, polystyrène extrudé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how styromousse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le ton a légèrement monté quand un participant a continué à marcher, avec une tige de styromousse du type dont on se sert pour isoler des tuyaux, et donnait de petits coups sur le capot des voitures qui empiétaient sur les traverses piétonnes ou faisaient de l’interblocage.
Le polystyrène, communément appelé styromousse, est une matière plastique largement utilisée dans les emballages alimentaires, électroniques et industriels. Il est difficile à décomposer et donc durable.
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.
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