mondain

adj

The verdict

“mondain” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,916
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient au monde, au siècle, par opposition aux choses religieuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mondain · mondain · French

mondain · rank #32,916 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,916
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monarchique

Nearest frequency peer: monarchique (-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 « mondain »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mondain » 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).

mondain vs Monday
57% similar
mondain vs monnaie
71% similar
mondain vs montait
71% similar

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

Key facts for mondain
PropertyValue
Headwordmondain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,916
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mondain »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « monarchique » (#32,915), « mos » (#32,917), « Molenbeek » (#32,914). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mondain » est au #32,916. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mondain, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,916 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mondain, with forms such as "mmondain", "mnodain", and "modnain". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Monday", "monnaie", "montait", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mondain, spelled M-O-N-D-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient au monde, au siècle, par opposition aux choses religieuses.
  2. 2
    Relatif à tout ce qui touche à la vie de la société fortunée, élégante, par opposition au milieu populaire.
  3. 3
    Qui aime la vie de cette société.
  4. 4
    Qualifiait la police chargée des affaires de mœurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Honneur mondain.
  2. O mondaine inconstance !

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmondain
  • mnodain
  • modnain
  • monadin
  • mondainn
  • mondani
  • monddain
  • mondian
  • monndain
  • omndain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmondain1mnodain2modnain2monadin2mondainn1mondani2monddain1mondian2
Edit distance from "mondain"

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 "mondain"?
"mondain" is spelled M-O-N-D-A-I-N.
What does "mondain" mean?
As an adjective, "mondain" means: Qui appartient au monde, au siècle, par opposition aux choses religieuses.
What words are commonly confused with "mondain"?
"mondain" is commonly confused with "Monday", "monnaie", "montait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mondain" come from?
"mondain" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mondain", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list