monochromes

\mɔ.no.kʁom\

/\mɔ.no.kʁom\/ adj

The verdict

“monochromes” is uncommon French (frequency #66,918 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,918
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de monochrome.

Corpus desk

Index FR-monochromes · monochromes · French

monochromes · rank #66,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,918
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moms

Nearest frequency peer: moms (-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 « monochromes »

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 « monochromes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for monochromes
PropertyValue
Headwordmonochromes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.no.kʁom\
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,918
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « monochromes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).monochromestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « moms » (#66,917), « monothéiste » (#66,919), « Molsheim » (#66,916). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « monochromes » est au #66,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monochromes is uncommon French at frequency #66,918 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.no.kʁom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de monochrome.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for monochromes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is monochromes, spelled M-O-N-O-C-H-R-O-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de monochrome.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je voudrais rappeler encore le nom d’autres artistes italiens hantés également par la volonté d’« objectualiser » la peinture: Enrico Ciuti est de ceux-là; après une intense et féconde activité de dessinateur, il a créé une série de reliefs monochromes réalisés par la superposition de surfaces discontinues, que leur efficacité perspective semble destiner…

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 "monochromes"?
"monochromes" is spelled M-O-N-O-C-H-R-O-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.no.kʁom\.
What does "monochromes" mean?
As an adjective, "monochromes" means: Pluriel de monochrome.
How do you pronounce "monochromes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monochromes" is \mɔ.no.kʁom\. 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 "monochromes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list