monopole

noun

"monopole" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“monopole” is uncommon English (frequency #80,684 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,684
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An appellation owned by a single winery.

Key facts for monopole
PropertyValue
Headwordmonopole
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,684
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “monopole” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). monopole lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monopole is uncommon English at frequency #80,684 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An appellation owned by a single winery.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for monopole, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the Middle French monopole or its etymon the Late Latin monopōlium (“a monopoly”). The correct English form is monopole, spelled M-O-N-O-P-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An appellation owned by a single winery.

Etymology

From the Middle French monopole or its etymon the Late Latin monopōlium (“a monopoly”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monopole"?
"monopole" is spelled M-O-N-O-P-O-L-E.
What does "monopole" mean?
As a noun, "monopole" means: An appellation owned by a single winery.
What is the origin of the word "monopole"?
From the Middle French monopole or its etymon the Late Latin monopōlium (“a monopoly”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “monopole”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-O-P-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list