mom

\ˈmɑm\

/\ˈmɑm\/ noun

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The verdict

“mom” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,257) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,257
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maman.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mom · mom · French

mom · rank #28,257 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,257
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH modérateurs

Nearest frequency peer: modérateurs (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « mom »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « mom » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

mom vs MR
0% similar
mom vs my
33% similar
mom vs ms
33% similar

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

Key facts for mom
PropertyValue
Headwordmom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈmɑm\
Letters3
Frequency rank#28,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « mom »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.momse 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 « modérateurs » (#28,256), « Montréalaise » (#28,258), « modestement » (#28,255). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mom » est au #28,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mom is neighbouring look-alikes ("MR", "my", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈmɑm\. Frequency #28,257 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Maman.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mom in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "my", "ms", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mom, spelled M-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maman.

Synonyms

mum

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 "mom"?
"mom" is spelled M-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈmɑm\.
What does "mom" mean?
As a noun, "mom" means: Maman.
What words are commonly confused with "mom"?
"mom" is commonly confused with "MR", "my", "ms". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mom" is \ˈmɑm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mom" come from?
"mom" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ONF#28,271kun#28,227jos#28,219iep#28,199

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list