modernes

/\mɔ.dɛʁn\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,547

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

modernes is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de moderne. Pronounced \mɔ.dɛʁn\. It ranks #3,547 in French word frequency. Often confused with moyennes and modestes.

Key facts for modernes
PropertyValue
Headwordmodernes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mɔ.dɛʁn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,547
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of modernes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for modernes is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.dɛʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,547 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de moderne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for modernes, with forms such as "mdoernes", "mmodernes", and "moddernes". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "moyennes", "modestes", "modernisé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is modernes, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de moderne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mdoernes,mmodernes,moddernes,modenres,moderens,moderness,modernnes,modernse,moderrnes,modrenes,moedrnes,omdernes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for modernes

Misspelling Variants of "modernes"

mdoernes8mmodernes9moddernes9modenres8moderens8moderness9modernnes9modernse8
Misspelling Variants of "modernes"

Frequency rank: #3,547 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "modernes"?
"modernes" is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.dɛʁn\.
What does "modernes" mean?
As an adj, "modernes" means: Pluriel de moderne.
What words are commonly confused with "modernes"?
"modernes" is commonly confused with "moyennes", "modestes", "modernisé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "modernes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modernes" is \mɔ.dɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modernes" come from?
"modernes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.