monument

/\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,782

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

monument is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ouvrage d’architecture et de sculpture fait pour transmettre à la postérité la mémoire de quelque personne illustre ou de quelque événement important. Pronounced \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\. It ranks #4,782 in French word frequency. Often confused with moquent and movement.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for monument is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,782 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for monument, with forms such as "mmonument", "mnoument", and "monmuent". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "moquent", "movement", "monuments", 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 monument, spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmonument,mnoument,monmuent,monnument,monuemnt,monumennt,monumentt,monumetn,monumment,monumnet,mounment,omnument

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for monument

Misspelling Variants of "monument"

mmonument9mnoument8monmuent8monnument9monuemnt8monumennt9monumentt9monumetn8
Misspelling Variants of "monument"

Frequency rank: #4,782 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.