en monnaie de singe
\ɑ̃ mɔ.nɛ d‿sɛ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“en monnaie de singe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a en réalité pas de valeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-monnaie-de-singe · en monnaie de singe · French
en monnaie de singe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en monnaie de singe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ mɔ.nɛ d‿sɛ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en monnaie de singe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en monnaie de singe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃ mɔ.nɛ d‿sɛ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’a en réalité pas de valeur.".
en monnaie de singe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is en monnaie de singe, spelled E-N- -M-O-N-N-A-I-E- -D-E- -S-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’a en réalité pas de valeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en monnaie de singe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'américain RedBack acquiert des promesses en monnaie de singe.
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.