monies
"monies" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,909
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of money
Corpus desk
Index EN-monies · monies · English
monies · rank #23,909 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,909
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH monograph
Nearest frequency peer: monograph (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “monies”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mischievous
mischievous
76,096 corpus weight
- misundersta…
misunderstand
76,095 corpus weight
- monies
monies
76,092 corpus weight
- monograph
monograph
76,091 corpus weight
- Montenegro
Montenegro
76,090 corpus weight
- moo
moo
76,089 corpus weight
What this shows “monies” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | monies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “monies”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around monies, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,909 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for monies, with forms such as "mmonies", "mnoies", and "moines". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mons", "movie", "moves", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 English form is monies, spelled M-O-N-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of money
- 2plural of mony
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And to the end and intent that sufficient monies may be raised to make up the said principal sum of one million two hundred and four thousand seven hundred eighty six pounds three shillings and four pence three farthings, and to complete the redemption of the said annuities amounting to sixty thousand two hundred thirty nine pounds six shillings and two p…
Many of the institutions reported monies available and awarded without reporting the number of scholarships represented by these sums.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmonies
- mnoies
- moines
- moneis
- moniess
- monise
- monnies
- omnies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monies - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).