Monroe
/mənˈɹoʊ/
"monroe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Monroe” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,457 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,457
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
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 | Monroe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mənˈɹoʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Monroe” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Monroe is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mənˈɹoʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,457 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 32 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Monroe, with forms such as "mmonroe", "mnoroe", and "monnroe". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "more", "Moro", "Moore", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe". The correct English form is Monroe, spelled M-O-N-R-O-E.
Definition
- 1A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
- 2A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- 3A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
- 4Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
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- 29Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
- 30Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
- 31Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
- 32A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Etymology
From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmonroe,mnoroe,monnroe,monore,monreo,monrroe,mornoe,omnroe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Monroe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Monroe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-R-O-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mənˈɹoʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “more” - see the side-by-side comparison. Monroe vs more
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.