monoï
\mɔ.nɔj\
The verdict
“monoï” is uncommon French (frequency #85,033 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,033
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Huile obtenue par macération de fleurs de tiaré (thyarée) dans de l’huile de noix de coco, principalement utilisée dans les produits de beauté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monoi · monoï · French
monoï · rank #85,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,033
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH monarch
Nearest frequency peer: monarch (-2 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 « monoï »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Modane
Modane
14,974 corpus weight
- modulateur
modulateur
14,973 corpus weight
- molester
molester
14,972 corpus weight
- monarch
monarch
14,970 corpus weight
- monoï
monoï
14,968 corpus weight
- mortificati…
mortification
14,963 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « monoï » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monoï |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɔj\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « monoï » en français
Rare enough to double-check
monoï is uncommon French at frequency #85,033 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.nɔj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Huile obtenue par macération de fleurs de tiaré (thyarée) dans de l’huile de noix de coco, principalement utilisée dans les produits de beauté.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for monoï 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 borrowing history is documented 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 monoï, spelled M-O-N-O-Ï.
Definition
- 1Huile obtenue par macération de fleurs de tiaré (thyarée) dans de l’huile de noix de coco, principalement utilisée dans les produits de beauté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monoï appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon nouveau soin du visage à base de monoï fait des miracles.
En reo maohi, la langue tahitienne, « monoï » signifie « huile parfumée ».
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.
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