monsoon
/mɒnˈsuːn/
"monsoon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monsoon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,897
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
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 | monsoon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɒnˈsuːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “monsoon” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around monsoon (IPA /mɒnˈsuːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,897 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for monsoon, with forms such as "mmonsoon", "mnosoon", and "monnsoon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Manson", "mansion", "Moncton", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”). The correct English form is monsoon, spelled M-O-N-S-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
- 2Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
- 3The rains themselves.
- 4Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
- 5Any heavy rainstorm.
Etymology
From Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmonsoon,mnosoon,monnsoon,monoson,monson,monsono,monsoonn,monssoon,mosnoon,omnsoon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monsoon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “monsoon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-S-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɒnˈsuːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Manson” - see the side-by-side comparison. monsoon vs Manson
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.