Mongolie extérieure
\mɔ̃.ɡɔ.li ɛks.te.ʁjœʁ\
The verdict
“Mongolie extérieure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région asiatique correspondant à l’actuel État de Mongolie, par opposition à la Mongolie intérieure en Chine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mongolie-exterieure · Mongolie extérieure · French
Mongolie extérieure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | Mongolie extérieure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.ɡɔ.li ɛks.te.ʁjœʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Mongolie extérieure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɔ̃.ɡɔ.li ɛks.te.ʁjœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Région asiatique correspondant à l’actuel État de Mongolie, par opposition à la Mongolie intérieure en Chine.".
Mongolie extérieure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Mongolie extérieure, spelled M-O-N-G-O-L-I-E- -E-X-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Région asiatique correspondant à l’actuel État de Mongolie, par opposition à la Mongolie intérieure en Chine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mongolie extérieure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les dépendances (Ouay Fan) de l’empire chinois comprennent la Mongolie intérieure (Nouy Mongkou), et la Mongolie extérieure (Ouay Mongkou) ; l’administration de ces territoires appartient uniquement à la Surintendance de Mongolie (Ly Fan Youen), dont nous avons parlé dans le précédent article.
This word in other languages
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.