moindres

/\mwɛ̃dʁ\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,698

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

moindres is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de moindre. Pronounced \mwɛ̃dʁ\. It ranks #9,698 in French word frequency. Often confused with mondes and moines.

Key facts for moindres
PropertyValue
Headwordmoindres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mwɛ̃dʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,698
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for moindres is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mwɛ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,698 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de moindre.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for moindres, with forms such as "miondres", "mmoindres", and "moidnres". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mondes", "moines", "montrés", 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 moindres, spelled M-O-I-N-D-R-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 moindre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: miondres,mmoindres,moidnres,moinddres,moinders,moindress,moindrres,moindrse,moinndres,moinrdes,monidres,omindres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for moindres

Misspelling Variants of "moindres"

miondres8mmoindres9moidnres8moinddres9moinders8moindress9moindrres9moindrse8
Misspelling Variants of "moindres"

Frequency rank: #9,698 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moindres"?
"moindres" is spelled M-O-I-N-D-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mwɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "moindres" mean?
As an adj, "moindres" means: Pluriel de moindre.
What words are commonly confused with "moindres"?
"moindres" is commonly confused with "mondes", "moines", "montrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moindres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moindres" is \mwɛ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moindres" come from?
"moindres" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.