monde

/\mɔ̃d\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#102

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

monde is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble des choses et des êtres existants. Pronounced \mɔ̃d\. It ranks #102 in French word frequency. Often confused with mont and more.

Key facts for monde
PropertyValue
Headwordmonde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ̃d\
Letters5
Frequency rank#102
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for monde is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for monde, with forms such as "mmonde", "mnode", and "modne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mont", "more", "Mons", 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 monde, spelled M-O-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des choses et des êtres existants.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des corps célestes dont le Soleil est le centre.
  3. 3
    Sous-ensemble de choses ou d’êtres vus collectivement sous l'angle d'un point commun.
  4. 4
    Planète.
  5. 5
    Terre sur laquelle on vit.
  6. 6
    Séjour des hommes sur le plan physique, ensemble des choses et des êtres parmi lesquels se passe notre vie.
  7. 7
    Lieu vaste et très peuplé.
  8. 8
    Le genre humain ; la plupart des hommes.
  9. 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.
  10. 10
    Un certain nombre de personnes.
  11. 11
    Un certain nombre de personnes.
  12. 12
    Un certain nombre de personnes.
  13. 13
    Gens qui sont sous les ordres de quelqu’un.
  14. 14
    Gens qui sont sous les ordres de quelqu’un.
  15. 15
    Vie séculière, par opposition à la vie religieuse ou spirituelle.
  16. 16
    Société des hommes, une partie de cette société.
  17. 17
    Société des hommes, une partie de cette société.
  18. 18
    Haute société.
  19. 19
    Est quelquefois un terme augmentatif, soit qu’on affirme, soit qu’on nie.
  20. 20
    Ensemble complexe et important.
  21. 21
    Imaginaire d’une personne.
  22. 22
    Meuble 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.
  23. 23
    Arcane majeur et vingt-et-unième atout du tarot de Marseille et d’autres tarots divinatoires se rapprochant.
  24. 24
    Environnement d'un système d’exploitation.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmonde,mnode,modne,mondde,moned,monnde,omnde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for monde

Misspelling Variants of "monde"

mmonde6mnode5modne5mondde6moned5monnde6omnde5
Misspelling Variants of "monde"

Frequency rank: #102 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monde"?
"monde" is spelled M-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃d\.
What does "monde" mean?
As a noun, "monde" means: Ensemble des choses et des êtres existants.
What words are commonly confused with "monde"?
"monde" is commonly confused with "mont", "more", "Mons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monde" is \mɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monde" come from?
"monde" 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.