monitrice

\mɔ.ni.tʁis\

/\mɔ.ni.tʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“monitrice” is uncommon French (frequency #64,621 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,621
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est chargée de répéter, dans certains corps de troupes, dans certaines organisations sociales, etc., les leçons des officiers, des maîtres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-monitrice · monitrice · French

monitrice · rank #64,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,621
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monier

Nearest frequency peer: monier (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « monitrice »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « monitrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for monitrice
PropertyValue
Headwordmonitrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.ni.tʁis\
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,621
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « monitrice » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.monitricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « monier » (#64,620), « monachisme » (#64,619), « Montagnier » (#64,623). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « monitrice » est au #64,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monitrice is uncommon French at frequency #64,621 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.ni.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for monitrice, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is monitrice, spelled M-O-N-I-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui est chargée de répéter, dans certains corps de troupes, dans certaines organisations sociales, etc., les leçons des officiers, des maîtres.
  2. 2
    Étudiante chargée d’enseigner sous forme de travaux dirigés, de cours pratiques sous l’autorité d’un ou d’une enseignante.
  3. 3
    Celle qui est chargée d’enseigner la pratique de certains sports.
  4. 4
    Celle qui est chargée d’encadrer des enfants lors de pratiques extra-scolaires. Animatrice de centre de vacances, familièrement mono(s).
  5. 5
    Celle qui enseigne une technique de loisir, une activité, la conduite dans une auto-école, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how monitrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour nombre de Saujonnais, Jeannette Grenon restera cette monitrice d’auto-école, connue pour sa grande gentillesse.

This word in other languages

monitrix(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monitrice"?
"monitrice" is spelled M-O-N-I-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.ni.tʁis\.
What does "monitrice" mean?
As a noun, "monitrice" means: Celle qui est chargée de répéter, dans certains corps de troupes, dans certaines organisations sociales, etc., les leçons des officiers, des maîtres.
How do you pronounce "monitrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monitrice" is \mɔ.ni.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "monitrice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

messagère#64,611mastering#64,599mangeoire#64,594nourrices#64,651

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list