Moderne
"moderne" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Moderne” is uncommon English (frequency #50,077 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,077
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to the Streamline Moderne school of architecture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moderne · Moderne · English
Moderne · rank #50,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,077
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mish
Nearest frequency peer: mish (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “Moderne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- miscellany
miscellany
49,927 corpus weight
- mish
mish
49,925 corpus weight
- Moderne
Moderne
49,924 corpus weight
- Monson
Monson
49,923 corpus weight
- Moravian
Moravian
49,922 corpus weight
- morell
morell
49,921 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Moderne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moderne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Moderne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Moderne is uncommon English at frequency #50,077 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to the Streamline Moderne school of architecture.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Moderne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: French The correct English form is Moderne, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the Streamline Moderne school of architecture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moderne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a Moderne house
a Moderne city
Etymology
French
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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