monument

\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\

/\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“monument” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,782
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrage d’architecture et de sculpture fait pour transmettre à la postérité la mémoire de quelque personne illustre ou de quelque événement important.

Corpus desk

Index FR-monument · monument · French

monument · rank #4,782 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,782
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Metz

Nearest frequency peer: Metz (-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 « monument »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « monument » 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).

monument vs moquent
75% similar
monument vs movement
75% similar
monument vs monuments
89% similar

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

Key facts for monument
PropertyValue
Headwordmonument
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,782
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « monument »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Metz » (#4,781), « municipale » (#4,783), « mesurer » (#4,780). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « monument » est au #4,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around monument (IPA \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,782 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for monument, with forms such as "mmonument", "mnoument", and "monmuent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "moquent", "movement", "monuments", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is monument, spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrage d’architecture et de sculpture fait pour transmettre à la postérité la mémoire de quelque personne illustre ou de quelque événement important.
  2. 2
    Tout ce qui consacre un souvenir ; mémorial.
  3. 3
    Édifice public ou particulier qui impose par sa grandeur ou par son ancienneté. → voir monument historique.
  4. 4
    Restes archéologiques.
  5. 5
    Tombeau.
  6. 6
    Ouvrage durable de littérature, de sciences et d’arts.
  7. 7
    Personne qui a créé une œuvre très importante.
  8. 8
    Exemple archétypique, jusqu’à l’absurde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how monument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le monument a pour but de faire revivre au présent un passé englouti dans le temps.
  2. La glorieuse défense de Mazagran a excité, dans toute la France, des transports unanimes d’admiration. De toutes parts des souscriptions ont été spontanément ouvertes pour élever en Algérie un monument destiné à perpétuer le souvenir de ce brillant fait d’armes.

This word in other languages

monument(English)monumento(Español)Denkmal(Deutsch)monumento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmonument
  • mnoument
  • monmuent
  • monnument
  • monuemnt
  • monumennt
  • monumentt
  • monumetn
  • monumment
  • monumnet
  • mounment
  • omnument

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmonument1mnoument2monmuent2monnument1monuemnt2monumennt1monumentt1monumetn2
Edit distance from "monument"

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 "monument"?
"monument" is spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\.
What does "monument" mean?
As a noun, "monument" means: Ouvrage d’architecture et de sculpture fait pour transmettre à la postérité la mémoire de quelque personne illustre ou de quelque événement important.
What words are commonly confused with "monument"?
"monument" is commonly confused with "moquent", "movement", "monuments". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monument"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monument" is \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monument" come from?
"monument" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

manquent#4,778prononcé#4,792purement#4,796réalisés#4,800

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

réveiller12 variantsesclaves12 variantsconnaissais12 variantscoalition12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list