moderne
\mɔ.dɛʁn\
The verdict
“moderne” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,530 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,530
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est soit de notre temps, soit d’un temps plus ou moins rapproché du nôtre, par opposition à antique, à ancien.
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 | moderne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.dɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moderne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for moderne is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.dɛʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,530 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for moderne, with forms such as "mdoerne", "mmoderne", and "modderne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "morne", "moyenne", "modeste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is moderne, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est soit de notre temps, soit d’un temps plus ou moins rapproché du nôtre, par opposition à antique, à ancien.
- 2Se dit de celui, de celle qui outre les nouveaux usages, les nouvelles modes.
- 3Qualifie l'architecture qui se développa de 1750 à 1870 et se traduisit à la fois par un retour aux styles du passé et par une recherche de l'innovation ; rassemblant notamment les architectures néo-classique, visionnaire et néo-gothique, elle est précédée de la période baroque et sera suivie de l'architecture contemporaine.
- 4Qualifie la période qui va de la Renaissance à la Révolution française, les XIXᵉ et XXᵉ siècles étant qualifiés de contemporain.
- 5Qui bénéficie, témoigne des progrès effectués dans ces domaines.
- 6Qui s'oppose à l'ordre établi, à la tradition.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mdoerne,mmoderne,modderne,modenre,moderen,modernne,moderrne,modrene,moedrne,omderne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moderne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “moderne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-D-E-R-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ.dɛʁn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “morne” - see the side-by-side comparison. moderne vs morne
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.