mon

/\mɔ̃\/ det

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#66

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mon is aFrenchdet. It means: Marque la possession ou l’appartenance. Le possesseur est le locuteur, ce qu’il possède est au masculin singulier. Pronounced \mɔ̃\. It ranks #66 in French word frequency. Often confused with MR and my.

Key facts for mon
PropertyValue
Headwordmon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechDet
IPA\mɔ̃\
Letters3
Frequency rank#66
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mon is 3 letters long, classified as adet, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #66 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for mon in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "my", "ms", 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 mon, spelled M-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marque la possession ou l’appartenance. Le possesseur est le locuteur, ce qu’il possède est au masculin singulier.
  2. 2
    Pour exprimer des rapports d’habitude, de connaissance, de proximité, etc.
  3. 3
    Avec, en plus, une note d’affection.
  4. 4
    Avec une marque de respect ou de reconnaissance.
  5. 5
    Avec un caractère identificatoire.
  6. 6
    Avec une marque de subordination.
  7. 7
    Est une forme d’allégeance ou de soumission (obligatoire dans sa forme vocative).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #66 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mon"?
"mon" is spelled M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃\.
What does "mon" mean?
As a det, "mon" means: Marque la possession ou l’appartenance. Le possesseur est le locuteur, ce qu’il possède est au masculin singulier.
What words are commonly confused with "mon"?
"mon" 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 "mon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mon" is \mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mon" come from?
"mon" 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.