monitrice

\mɔ.ni.tʁis\

/\mɔ.ni.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“monitrice” is uncommon French (frequency #64,621 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,621
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui est chargée de répéter, dans certains corps de troupes, dans certaines organisations sociales, etc., les leçons des officiers, des maîtres.

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)

Where “monitrice” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). monitrice lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monitrice is uncommon French at frequency #64,621 among 202,672 “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.

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); 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.
What language does "monitrice" come from?
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Using “monitrice”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-I-T-R-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɔ.ni.tʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list