monde
\mɔ̃d\
The verdict
“monde” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #102 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #102
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des choses et des êtres existants.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “monde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for monde is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #102 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 24 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for monde, with forms such as "mmonde", "mnode", and "modne". 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, "mont", "more", "Mons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is monde, spelled M-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des choses et des êtres existants.
- 2Ensemble des corps célestes dont le Soleil est le centre.
- 3Sous-ensemble de choses ou d’êtres vus collectivement sous l'angle d'un point commun.
- 4Planète.
- 5Terre sur laquelle on vit.
- 6Séjour des hommes sur le plan physique, ensemble des choses et des êtres parmi lesquels se passe notre vie.
- 7Lieu vaste et très peuplé.
- 8Le genre humain ; la plupart des hommes.
- 9(Avec un déterminant (adjectif ou complément de nom)) Univers caractérisé par des agents qui professent une doctrine, partagent des valeurs ou des caractéristiques communes ou s’inscrivent dans une pratique.
- 10Un certain nombre de personnes.
- 11Un certain nombre de personnes.
- 12Un certain nombre de personnes.
- 13Gens qui sont sous les ordres de quelqu’un.
- 14Gens qui sont sous les ordres de quelqu’un.
- 15Vie séculière, par opposition à la vie religieuse ou spirituelle.
- 16Société des hommes, une partie de cette société.
- 17Société des hommes, une partie de cette société.
- 18Haute société.
- 19Est quelquefois un terme augmentatif, soit qu’on affirme, soit qu’on nie.
- 20Ensemble complexe et important.
- 21Imaginaire d’une personne.
- 22Meuble particulier représentant dans les armoiries une sphère prise dans un cintre en forme de T renversé et surmontée d'une croisette. À rapprocher de globe, sphère et sphère armillaire.
- 23Arcane majeur et vingt-et-unième atout du tarot de Marseille et d’autres tarots divinatoires se rapprochant.
- 24Environnement d'un système d’exploitation.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmonde,mnode,modne,mondde,moned,monnde,omnde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “monde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ̃d\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mont” - see the side-by-side comparison. monde vs mont
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.