monnaie

/\mɔ.nɛ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,287

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

monnaie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Unité de mesure de la valeur et d’échange commerciaux (généralement émise par une institution officielle). Pronounced \mɔ.nɛ\. It ranks #2,287 in French word frequency. Often confused with Montage and montait.

Key facts for monnaie
PropertyValue
Headwordmonnaie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.nɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,287
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of monnaie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for monnaie is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.nɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,287 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for monnaie, with forms such as "mmonnaie", "mnonaie", and "monaie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Montage", "montait", "Monnier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is monnaie, spelled M-O-N-N-A-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de la valeur et d’échange commerciaux (généralement émise par une institution officielle).
  2. 2
    Ensemble des billets ou pièces utilisés comme monnaie dans les échanges commerciaux (par opposition aux chèques, aux cartes bancaires, à la monnaie électronique).
  3. 3
    Ensemble des pièces d’or, d’argent, de bronze, de nickel, etc., frappées d’une empreinte légale, qui servent aux échanges et dont la valeur varie suivant le métal, le poids, le titre et la convention.
  4. 4
    Tout bien utilisé par une société comme ayant une valeur définie.
  5. 5
    Petites espèces.
  6. 6
    Pièces ou billets de moindre valeur que l’on donne en échange d’une pièce ou d’un billet, ou que l’on rend pour faire la différence entre le prix à payer et la somme versée.
  7. 7
    Atelier où l'on bat monnaie et qui en garantit la valeur.
  8. 8
    Paroles dont il se fait une sorte d’échange dans la société.
  9. 9
    Bien qui subsiste correspondant à un bien disparu.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmonnaie,mnonaie,monaie,monanie,monnaei,monniae,omnnaie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for monnaie

Misspelling Variants of "monnaie"

mmonnaie8mnonaie7monaie6monanie7monnaei7monniae7omnnaie7
Misspelling Variants of "monnaie"

Frequency rank: #2,287 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monnaie"?
"monnaie" is spelled M-O-N-N-A-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.nɛ\.
What does "monnaie" mean?
As a noun, "monnaie" means: Unité de mesure de la valeur et d’échange commerciaux (généralement émise par une institution officielle).
What words are commonly confused with "monnaie"?
"monnaie" is commonly confused with "Montage", "montait", "Monnier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monnaie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monnaie" is \mɔ.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monnaie" come from?
"monnaie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.