monophonique
\mo.no.fɔ.nik\
The verdict
“monophonique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diffusé sur un seul canal en parlant d'un son.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monophonique · monophonique · French
monophonique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | monophonique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mo.no.fɔ.nik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
monophonique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mo.no.fɔ.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for monophonique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is monophonique, spelled M-O-N-O-P-H-O-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Diffusé sur un seul canal en parlant d'un son.
- 2Monodique, en parlant d’un instrument de musique qui ne peut jouer qu'une seule note de musique à la fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monophonique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la deuxième moitié du vingtième siècle, le son stéréophonique a progressivement remplacé le son monophonique pour la reproduction musicale. Néanmoins, le son mono domine toujours les réseaux téléphoniques filaires et cellulaires. (Wikipédia, Monophonique)
Un instrument monophonique.
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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.