months

\mʌnθs\

/\mʌnθs\/ noun

The verdict

“months” is uncommon French (frequency #57,429 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,429
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-months · months · French

months · rank #57,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,429
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monoparentale

Nearest frequency peer: monoparentale (-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 « months »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « months » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for months
PropertyValue
Headwordmonths
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mʌnθs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « months » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.monthstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « monoparentale » (#57,428), « montrerais » (#57,430), « mollah » (#57,427). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « months » est au #57,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

months is uncommon French at frequency #57,429 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mʌnθs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de month.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for months, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is months, spelled M-O-N-T-H-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de month.

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 "months"?
"months" is spelled M-O-N-T-H-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mʌnθs\.
What does "months" mean?
As a noun, "months" means: Pluriel de month.
How do you pronounce "months"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "months" is \mʌnθs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "months" come from?
"months" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list