mode

\mɔd\

/\mɔd\/ noun

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The verdict

“mode” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#585
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière de voir ou d’agir ; fantaisie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mode · mode · French

mode · rank #585 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #585
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manque

Nearest frequency peer: manque (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mode »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mode » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mode vs mon
50% similar
mode vs moi
50% similar
mode vs mot
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mode
PropertyValue
Headwordmode
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔd\
Letters4
Frequency rank#585
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mode »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.modese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manque » (#584), « novembre » (#586), « laisser » (#583). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mode » est au #585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around mode (IPA \mɔd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #585 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mode, with forms such as "mdoe", "mmode", and "modde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mon", "moi", "mot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mode, spelled M-O-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière de voir ou d’agir ; fantaisie.
  2. 2
    Façon, manière, habitude collective, us ou coutume.
  3. 3
    Usage adopté pour un temps comme une norme par une collectivité.
  4. 4
    Usage plus ou moins passager et plus ou moins adopté par mimétisme ou par pression sociale en matière d’apparence, et spécialement d’habillement.
  5. 5
    Les ajustements, les parures à la mode pour l’habillement des femmes, et particulièrement à leurs chapeaux.
  6. 6
    Dans la dentelle au point d’Alençon, dessin à l’intérieur des fleurs et des ornements à jour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voit, dit-il en goguenardant, que ces Messieurs arrivent de province. À Paris, la mode est passée de massacrer les aubergistes qui refusent de louer leurs chambres.
  2. Il faut le laisser vivre à sa mode, le laisser faire à sa mode. - Il s’est fait une philosophie à sa mode. - Chacun vit à sa mode.

Synonyms

exemplemœursus

This word in other languages

fashion(English)modo(Español)Weise(Deutsch)modo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mdoe
  • mmode
  • modde
  • moed
  • omde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mode - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mdoe2mmode1modde1moed2omde2
Edit distance from "mode"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mode"?
"mode" is spelled M-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔd\.
What does "mode" mean?
As a noun, "mode" means: Manière de voir ou d’agir ; fantaisie.
What words are commonly confused with "mode"?
"mode" is commonly confused with "mon", "moi", "mot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mode"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mode" is \mɔd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mode" come from?
"mode" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mode", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Date#580bois#576mots#570rôle#606

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

route5 variantsbout5 variantslaisse5 variantsnoir5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list