monopole
\mɔ.nɔ.pɔl\
The verdict
“monopole” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,598
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trafic exclusif, fait en vertu d’un privilège.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monopole · monopole · French
monopole · rank #7,598 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,598
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH modération
Nearest frequency peer: modération (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « monopole »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mentalité
mentalité
92,406 corpus weight
- Mercedes
Mercedes
92,405 corpus weight
- modération
modération
92,404 corpus weight
- monopole
monopole
92,403 corpus weight
- mortalité
mortalité
92,402 corpus weight
- mortel
mortel
92,401 corpus weight
What this shows « monopole » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monopole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɔ.pɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « monopole »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around monopole (IPA \mɔ.nɔ.pɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,598 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for monopole, with forms such as "mmonopole", "mnoopole", and "monnopole". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "monotone", "monopoly", "monopoles", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is monopole, spelled M-O-N-O-P-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Trafic exclusif, fait en vertu d’un privilège.
- 2Trafic d’un marchand ou de plusieurs marchands réunis, qui, par de larges achats, se rendent maîtres du commerce d’une marchandise.
- 3Exclusivité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monopole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est dire que nos banques devraient cesser de vivre sous l’empire d’un monopole aussi absolu qu’injuste et funeste.
Gênés par le monopole des agents de change, les coulissiers de la Bourse sont aussi des prolétaires financiers, et parmi eux de rencontre plus d’un socialiste admirateur de Jaurès.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmonopole
- mnoopole
- monnopole
- monoople
- monoploe
- monopoel
- monopolle
- monoppole
- monpoole
- moonpole
- omnopole
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monopole - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).