mona
/ˈmoʊnə/
"mona" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mona” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,171) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,171
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mona · mona · English
mona · rank #14,171 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,171
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mitigate
Nearest frequency peer: mitigate (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mona”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ming
ming
85,833 corpus weight
- misuse
misuse
85,832 corpus weight
- mitigate
mitigate
85,831 corpus weight
- mona
mona
85,830 corpus weight
- Nairobi
Nairobi
85,828 corpus weight
- nana
nana
85,827 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mona” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mona |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmoʊnə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mona” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mona is neighbouring look-alikes ("MoS", "mop", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈmoʊnə/. Frequency #14,171 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mona, with forms such as "mmona", "mnoa", and "monna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MoS", "mop", "MOR", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish mona (“monkey”). The correct English form is mona, spelled M-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
Etymology
From Spanish mona (“monkey”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmona
- mnoa
- monna
- omna
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mona - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mona", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.