mon œil
\mɔ̃.n‿œj\
The verdict
“mon œil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mon-il · mon œil · French
mon œil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mon œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.n‿œj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mon œil” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mon œil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \mɔ̃.n‿œj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.".
mon œil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mon œil, spelled M-O-N- -Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Se dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mon œil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dehors on se pèle le jonc. Le 25 décembre, à Paris, il fait toujours froid. Réchauffement climatique, mon œil, les météorologues sont tous des blaireaux. Heureusement que j'ai enfilé un pull sous la tunique rouge, ça m'évite d'être transformé en Findus.
M. Spock : J’ai mes pleines facultés, capitaine. Dr. McCoy : Et mon œil, vous l’avez ?
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