monocouche
\mɔ.no.kuʃ\
The verdict
“monocouche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couche constituée d’un seul composant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monocouche · monocouche · French
monocouche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | monocouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.no.kuʃ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
monocouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.no.kuʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for monocouche in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 monocouche, spelled M-O-N-O-C-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Couche constituée d’un seul composant.
- 2Couche constituée d’un seul composant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monocouche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle [l’épitaxie par jet moléculaire] permet de faire croître des échantillons nanostructurés de plusieurs centimètres à une vitesse d’environ une monocouche atomique par seconde.
Ils [les oléosomes] sont constitués d’un cœur de lipides neutres hydrophobes entouré d’une monocouche de phospholipides stabilisée par des oléosines.
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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.