du monde

\dy mɔ̃d\

/\dy mɔ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“du monde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vraiment beaucoup de gens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-du-monde · du monde · French

du monde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for du monde
PropertyValue
Headworddu monde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dy mɔ̃d\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “du monde” sits in French frequency

du monde falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

du monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dy mɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vraiment beaucoup de gens.".

Zero misspellings are on record for du monde in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is du monde, spelled D-U- -M-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vraiment beaucoup de gens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how du monde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les services de renseignement policier estiment que moins de 40 000 miliciens seraient vraiment actifs et que ceux qui pourraient se déployer en soutien à Trump à compter du week-end seraient encore moins nombreux. Ça fait quand même du monde!
  2. Sacrement, on en a vu, du monde en deux jours !

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "du monde"?
"du monde" is spelled D-U- -M-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dy mɔ̃d\.
What does "du monde" mean?
As a noun, "du monde" means: Vraiment beaucoup de gens.
How do you pronounce "du monde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "du monde" is \dy mɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "du monde" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list