mongette
\mɔ̃.ʒɛt\
The verdict
“mongette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haricot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mongette · mongette · French
mongette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | mongette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.ʒɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mongette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mongette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃.ʒɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haricot.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mongette, 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mongette, spelled M-O-N-G-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Haricot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mongette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Europe, jusqu’au XVIᵉ siècle, le « haricot à œil » ou mongette (Vigna unguiculata) était le seul haricot connu et consommé avant la découverte de l’Amérique.
Synonyms
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.