momie

\mɔ.mi\

/\mɔ.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“momie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,941
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps humain embaumé afin d’en assurer la conservation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-momie · momie · French

momie · rank #23,941 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,941
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mollusques

Nearest frequency peer: mollusques (-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 « momie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « momie » 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).

momie vs more
60% similar
momie vs move
60% similar
momie vs momo
60% similar

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

Key facts for momie
PropertyValue
Headwordmomie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.mi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,941
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « momie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).momiese 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 « mollusques » (#23,940), « Monnet » (#23,942), « moelleux » (#23,939). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « momie » est au #23,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around momie (IPA \mɔ.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,941 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for momie, with forms such as "mmoie", "mmomie", and "moime". 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, "more", "move", "momo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is momie, spelled M-O-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps humain embaumé afin d’en assurer la conservation.
  2. 2
    Corps qui, naturellement, se dessèche sans putréfaction.
  3. 3
    Substance de poix et de bitume employée pour conserver les corps.
  4. 4
    Substance à base de bitume servant de médicament.
  5. 5
    Couleur brune produite à partir de la substance pour enduire les momies.
  6. 6
    Personne maigre.
  7. 7
    Personne épuisée, sans aucune vivacité.
  8. 8
    Dans un arbre fruitier, fruit pourri desséché qui est le stade hivernal d'un champignon phytoparasite.
  9. 9
    Pastis servi dans un petit verre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est lui qui invente le culte de Lénine, […], l’embaumement, les défilés de foules recueillies devant la momie peinte, semblable à une figure de cire, amenuisée par le travail des embaumeurs.
  2. Elle prend du tabac, se tient roide comme un pieu, se pose en femme considérable, et ressemble parfaitement à une momie à laquelle le galvanisme aurait rendu la vie pour un instant.

Synonyms

demi-dose

This word in other languages

mummy(English)momia(Español)Mumie(Deutsch)múmia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoie
  • mmomie
  • moime
  • momei
  • mommie
  • ommie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of momie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmoie2mmomie1moime2momei2mommie1ommie2
Edit distance from "momie"

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 "momie"?
"momie" is spelled M-O-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.mi\.
What does "momie" mean?
As a noun, "momie" means: Corps humain embaumé afin d’en assurer la conservation.
What words are commonly confused with "momie"?
"momie" is commonly confused with "more", "move", "momo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "momie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "momie" is \mɔ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "momie" come from?
"momie" 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 "momie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

morne#23,945muret#23,948maple#23,931najat#23,953

Similar misspelling depth

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

kris6 variantsJoëlle6 variantspussy6 variantsGuido6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list