moine

\mwan\

/\mwan\/ noun

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The verdict

“moine” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,428
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moine · moine · French

moine · rank #8,428 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,428
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Michelle

Nearest frequency peer: Michelle (-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 « moine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moine » 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).

moine vs mon
60% similar
moine vs mois
60% similar
moine vs mont
60% similar

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

Key facts for moine
PropertyValue
Headwordmoine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mwan\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,428
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).moinese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Michelle » (#8,427), « merveilles » (#8,426), « Matthieu » (#8,425). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moine » est au #8,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around moine (IPA \mwan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,428 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for moine, with forms such as "mione", "mmoine", and "moien". 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", "mois", "mont", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is moine, spelled M-O-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde.
  2. 2
    N’importe quel religieux.
  3. 3
    Celui qui vit comme un moine, une vie chaste et frugale.
  4. 4
    Appareil destiné à chauffer les lits.
  5. 5
    Objet quelconque servant à chauffer les lits, bouillotte.
  6. 6
    Blanc dû à un défaut d’impression, feuille mal imprimée.
  7. 7
    Grosse toupie.
  8. 8
    Perceuse.
  9. 9
    Équipement d’un étang ou d’un bassin d’aquaculture.
  10. 10
    Sorte de requin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Victorin examina d’un œil défiant ce soi-disant ermite en pèlerinage, et vit un superbe modèle de ces moines napolitains dont les robes sont sœurs des guenilles du lazzarone, dont les sandales sont les haillons de cuir, comme le moine est lui-même un haillon humain.
  2. Aussi à Lima, tous les étrangers vont-ils à l’église, non pour entendre chanter aux moines l’office divin, mais pour admirer, sous leur costume national, ces femmes d’une nature à part.

This word in other languages

monk(English)monje(Español)Mönch(Deutsch)frei(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mione
  • mmoine
  • moien
  • moinne
  • monie
  • omine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mione2mmoine1moien2moinne1monie2omine2
Edit distance from "moine"

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 "moine"?
"moine" is spelled M-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mwan\.
What does "moine" mean?
As a noun, "moine" means: Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde.
What words are commonly confused with "moine"?
"moine" is commonly confused with "mon", "mois", "mont". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moine" is \mwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moine" come from?
"moine" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list