monroe
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "monroe", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "monroe" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "monroe" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Monroe is aEnglishname. It means: A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill" Pronounced /mənˈɹoʊ/. It ranks #8,457 in English word frequency. Often confused with more and Moro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Monroe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /mənˈɹoʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Monroe is 6 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Monroe, with forms such as "mmonroe", "mnoroe", and "monnroe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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". Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Monroe, spelled M-O-N-R-O-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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- 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".
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmonroe,mnoroe,monnroe,monore,monreo,monrroe,mornoe,omnroe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Monroe
Misspelling Variants of "Monroe"
Frequency rank: #8,457 in English
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