# modern

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɒd(ə)n/ · frequency rank #908

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
2. Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

## Etymology
From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

## Easily confused with
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-morn)
- **mourn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-mourn)
- **mover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-mover)
- **mower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-mower)
- **moser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-moser)
- **modest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-modest)
- **Mowers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-mowers)
- **mode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-modern)
- **model** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/model-vs-modern)
- **modem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-modern)
- **models** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/models-vs-modern)
- **Madera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madera-vs-modern)
- **Modena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modena-vs-modern)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mdoern`, `mmodern`, `moddern`, `modenr`, `modernn`, `moderrn`, `modren`, `moedrn`, `omdern`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/modern