monoculture
/ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
"monoculture" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monoculture” is uncommon English (frequency #66,845 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,845
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cultivation of a single crop at a time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-monoculture · monoculture · English
monoculture · rank #66,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,845
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH monasticism
Nearest frequency peer: monasticism (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “monoculture”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- moccasin
moccasin
33,161 corpus weight
- monasticism
monasticism
33,157 corpus weight
- monoculture
monoculture
33,156 corpus weight
- montane
montane
33,155 corpus weight
- moonwalk
moonwalk
33,154 corpus weight
- Mulvey
Mulvey
33,147 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “monoculture” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monoculture |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “monoculture” in English
Rare enough to double-check
monoculture is uncommon English at frequency #66,845 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for monoculture, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + culture. The correct English form is monoculture, spelled M-O-N-O-C-U-L-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1The cultivation of a single crop at a time.
- 2A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monoculture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Monocultures are bad for the environment; as we forced golden, waving wheat to take over the planet, other species faltered and failed, rather than rising on their merits.
As we Irish discovered in the great famine of 1845-49, monocultures are generally not a good idea and we abandon biodiversity at our peril. Farrell and Berjon make the same point about our online world: the internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture.
Etymology
From mono- + culture.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).