monème
\mɔ.nɛm\
The verdict
“monème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus petite unité isolable du langage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moneme · monème · French
monème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | monème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɛm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « monème » en français
Rare enough to double-check
monème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.nɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plus petite unité isolable du langage.".
No misspelling variants are generated for monème in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is monème, spelled M-O-N-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Plus petite unité isolable du langage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce monème personnel est en fonction sujet.
Le verbe peut se définir par sa flexion temporelle qui est une propriété unique du verbe français tandis que la flexion en genre, en nombre et en personne peut se trouver dans d'autres monèmes.
Synonyms
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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.