monotones
\mɔ.nɔ.tɔn\
The verdict
“monotones” is uncommon French (frequency #73,367 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,367
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de monotone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monotones · monotones · French
monotones · rank #73,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,367
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH monopolistique
Nearest frequency peer: monopolistique (-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 « monotones »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- monial
monial
26,636 corpus weight
- monopolisti…
monopolistique
26,635 corpus weight
- monotones
monotones
26,634 corpus weight
- Morey
Morey
26,633 corpus weight
- moron
moron
26,632 corpus weight
- mucho
mucho
26,630 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « monotones » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monotones |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɔ.tɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « monotones » en français
Rare enough to double-check
monotones is uncommon French at frequency #73,367 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.nɔ.tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de monotone.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for monotones in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is monotones, spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de monotone.
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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