monotype
\mo.no.tip\
The verdict
“monotype” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Voilier conçu pour que les concurrents aient des chances égales lors de régates.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monotype · monotype · French
monotype · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | monotype |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo.no.tip\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “monotype” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
monotype is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo.no.tip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for monotype in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 monotype, spelled M-O-N-O-T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1Voilier conçu pour que les concurrents aient des chances égales lors de régates.
- 2Produit de l'estampage d'un support qui est non poreux, en métal, plexiglas, etc., recouvert à l'encre typographique ou aqualaque, à la peinture à l'huile, à la gouache, etc.
This word in other languages
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