model
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "model", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "model" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "model" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
model is aEnglishnoun. It means: A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion. Pronounced /ˈmɒd.l̩/. It ranks #775 in English word frequency. Often confused with moe and mol.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | model |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɒd.l̩/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for model is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɒd.l̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #775 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for model, with forms such as "mdoel", "mmodel", and "moddel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "moe", "mol", "more", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is model, spelled M-O-D-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- 2A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- 3A representation of a physical object.
- 4A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
- 5A style, type, or design.
- 6The structural design of a complex system.
- 7A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- 8An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- 9An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- 10An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- 11Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- 12In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Etymology
From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mdoel,mmodel,moddel,modell,modle,moedl,omdel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "model"
Frequency rank: #775 in English
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