monstres

\mɔ̃stʁ\

/\mɔ̃stʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“monstres” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,786
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de monstre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-monstres · monstres · French

monstres · rank #5,786 · 13 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,786
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH militant

Nearest frequency peer: militant (-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 « monstres »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « monstres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

monstres vs montre
75% similar
monstres vs montés
63% similar
monstres vs montrer
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for monstres
PropertyValue
Headwordmonstres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ̃stʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,786
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « monstres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).monstresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « militant » (#5,785), « monétaire » (#5,787), « maths » (#5,784). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « monstres » est au #5,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around monstres (IPA \mɔ̃stʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,786 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de monstre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for monstres, with forms such as "mmonstres", "mnostres", and "monnstres". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "montre", "montés", "montrer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is monstres, spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de monstre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmonstres
  • mnostres
  • monnstres
  • monsrtes
  • monsstres
  • monsters
  • monstress
  • monstrres
  • monstrse
  • monsttres
  • montsres
  • mosntres
  • omnstres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monstres - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmonstres1mnostres2monnstres1monsrtes2monsstres1monsters2monstress1monstrres1
Edit distance from "monstres"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monstres"?
"monstres" is spelled M-O-N-S-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃stʁ\.
What does "monstres" mean?
As an adjective, "monstres" means: Pluriel de monstre.
What words are commonly confused with "monstres"?
"monstres" is commonly confused with "montre", "montés", "montrer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monstres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monstres" is \mɔ̃stʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monstres" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "monstres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

militant#5,785méritent#5,788manquait#5,783Lyonnais#5,780

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

monétaire13 variantslogiciels13 variantsinvention13 variantsréalisées13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list