monosemy
/ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/
"monosemy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monosemy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-monosemy · monosemy · English
monosemy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monosemy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “monosemy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
monosemy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
monosemy has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is monosemy, spelled M-O-N-O-S-E-M-Y.
Definition
- 1The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.
- 2Singularity.
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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.