moment

\mɔ.mɑ̃\

/\mɔ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“moment” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#177
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Point dans le temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moment · moment · French

moment · rank #177 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #177
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH elles

Nearest frequency peer: elles (-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 « moment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moment » 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).

moment vs mont
67% similar
moment vs moyen
67% similar
moment vs monet
67% similar

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

Key facts for moment
PropertyValue
Headwordmoment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#177
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moment »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « elles » (#176), « place » (#178), « ceux » (#175). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moment » est au #177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around moment (IPA \mɔ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #177 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for moment, with forms such as "mmoent", "mmoment", and "moemnt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mont", "moyen", "monet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is moment, spelled M-O-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Point dans le temps.
  2. 2
    Une certaine durée, qui n’est pas considérée comme très longue, mais malgré tout plus longue qu’un instant.
  3. 3
    Produit d’une force par le bras du levier, suivant lequel elle agit.
  4. 4
    Espérance mathématique, si elle existe, de la variable aléatoire Xʳ, où r est un entier naturel, X étant une variable aléatoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En outre, il est bien évident que, pour rendre l’acte licite et indifférent, il fallait que l'on ne copiât pas les monnaies courantes du moment, que l'on fabriquât, ou des pièces entièrement de fantaisie ou des imitations d’anciennes monnaies depuis longtemps sorties de la circulation.
  2. Il y a présentement ce qu’on appelle une crise dans le monde. […]. Cette crise est arrivée au moment même où le monde se sentait de nouveau prospère et confiant, […].

This word in other languages

instant(English)momento(Español)Weile(Deutsch)instante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoent
  • mmoment
  • moemnt
  • momennt
  • momentt
  • mometn
  • momment
  • momnet
  • omment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moment - 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.

mmoent2mmoment1moemnt2momennt1momentt1mometn2momment1momnet2
Edit distance from "moment"

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 "moment"?
"moment" is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.mɑ̃\.
What does "moment" mean?
As a noun, "moment" means: Point dans le temps.
What words are commonly confused with "moment"?
"moment" is commonly confused with "mont", "moyen", "monet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moment" is \mɔ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moment" come from?
"moment" 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 "moment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

années#189partie#160compte#196toutes#155

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

nouvelle9 variantsgrande9 variantscomment9 variantsquelque9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list