monstration
\mɔ̃s.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“monstration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte d’exposer, de montrer à la vue du public, exposition, étalage, présentation, ostension.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monstration · monstration · French
monstration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | monstration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃s.tʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « monstration » en français
Rare enough to double-check
monstration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃s.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acte d’exposer, de montrer à la vue du public, exposition, étalage, présentation, ostension.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for monstration, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is monstration, spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Acte d’exposer, de montrer à la vue du public, exposition, étalage, présentation, ostension.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monstration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] c’est que l’un est le mouvement de la monstration, l’autre le même mouvement, mais comme quelque chose de simple ; celui-là est le fait de percevoir, celui-ci l’ob-jet.
Vous et vos pairs, vous n’avez cessé de profaner le beau depuis des lustres – mais il vous suffira d’une seule monstration de mon horreur pour lui restituer sa pureté originelle.
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.