monomodal

adj

"monomodal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“monomodal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having or employing a single mode

Corpus desk

Index EN-monomodal · monomodal · English

monomodal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for monomodal
PropertyValue
Headwordmonomodal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “monomodal” in English

monomodalsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monomodal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having or employing a single mode".

No misspelling variants are generated for monomodal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + modal. The correct English form is monomodal, spelled M-O-N-O-M-O-D-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having or employing a single mode

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how monomodal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A general purpose analysis model (cumulant fit for monomodal dispersions and regularization fit for multimodal dispersions) was employed to determine the hydrodynamic diameter of the particles.

Etymology

From mono- + modal.

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monomodal"?
"monomodal" is spelled M-O-N-O-M-O-D-A-L.
What does "monomodal" mean?
As an adjective, "monomodal" means: Having or employing a single mode
What is the origin of the word "monomodal"?
From mono- + modal. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list