monacal
\mɔ.na.kal\
The verdict
“monacal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui a rapport à l’état de moine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monacal · monacal · French
monacal · 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 | monacal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.na.kal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « monacal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
monacal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.na.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for monacal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is monacal, spelled M-O-N-A-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport à l’état de moine.
- 2Qui rappelle un monastère
- 3Humble et austère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monacal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; - d'autre part, chez eux la vie de famille était trop forte pour que l'idéal monacal pût devenir important.
… nous marchons dans un silence monacal.
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This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.