Mons

/\mɔ̃s\/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,199

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Mons is aFrenchname. It means: Commune et ville wallonne de Belgique, chef-lieu de la province du Hainaut. Pronounced \mɔ̃s\. It ranks #9,199 in French word frequency. Often confused with ms and mot.

Key facts for Mons
PropertyValue
HeadwordMons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\mɔ̃s\
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,199
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mons in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Mons is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,199 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mons, with forms such as "mmons", "mnos", and "monns". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ms", "mot", "mou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Mons, spelled M-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville wallonne de Belgique, chef-lieu de la province du Hainaut.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
  4. 4
    Commune française, située dans le département du Gard.
  5. 5
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Garonne.
  6. 6
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault. Appelé informellement "Mons-le-Trivalie"
  7. 7
    Commune française, située dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme.
  8. 8
    Commune française, située dans le département du Var.
  9. 9
    Hameau situé dans la commune française de Laiz, dans le département de l’Ain.
  10. 10
    Hameau situé dans la commune française de Replonges, dans le département de l’Ain.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmons,mnos,monns,monss,mosn,omns

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mons

Misspelling Variants of "Mons"

mmons5mnos4monns5monss5mosn4omns4
Misspelling Variants of "Mons"

Frequency rank: #9,199 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mons"?
"Mons" is spelled M-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃s\.
What does "Mons" mean?
As a name, "Mons" means: Commune et ville wallonne de Belgique, chef-lieu de la province du Hainaut.
What words are commonly confused with "Mons"?
"Mons" is commonly confused with "ms", "mot", "mou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mons" is \mɔ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mons" come from?
"Mons" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.