monumental

\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal\

/\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal\/ adj

The verdict

“monumental” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,604
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux monuments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-monumental · monumental · French

monumental · rank #19,604 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,604
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mollet

Nearest frequency peer: mollet (-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 « monumental »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « monumental » 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).

monumental vs monuments
80% similar
monumental vs monumentale
91% similar
monumental vs monumentales
83% similar

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

Key facts for monumental
PropertyValue
Headwordmonumental
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,604
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « monumental »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).monumentalse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mollet » (#19,603), « mourra » (#19,605), « mill » (#19,602). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « monumental » est au #19,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around monumental (IPA \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,604 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for monumental, with forms such as "mmonumental", "mnoumental", and "monmuental". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "monuments", "monumentale", "monumentales", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is monumental, spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux monuments.
  2. 2
    Qui a rapport, qui est propre aux monuments, qui est de la nature des monuments.
  3. 3
    Qui est gigantesque, colossal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je n’ai jusqu’ici traité que de l’écriture hiéroglyphique monumentale, la plus connue parce que la plus ancienne et, bien sûr, la plus spectaculaire, mais celle-ci a au cours des siècles connu une évolution formelle qui l’a menée vers deux stades visuellement très différenciés : l’écriture hiératique et l’écriture démotique.
  2. Et, remettant son épée dans le fourreau, il reprit sa monumentale immobilité.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmonumental
  • mnoumental
  • monmuental
  • monnumental
  • monuemntal
  • monumenatl
  • monumenntal
  • monumentall
  • monumentla
  • monumenttal
  • monumetnal
  • monummental
  • monumnetal
  • mounmental
  • omnumental

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of monumental - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmonumental1mnoumental2monmuental2monnumental1monuemntal2monumenatl2monumenntal1monumentall1
Edit distance from "monumental"

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 "monumental"?
"monumental" is spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal\.
What does "monumental" mean?
As an adjective, "monumental" means: Relatif aux monuments.
What words are commonly confused with "monumental"?
"monumental" is commonly confused with "monuments", "monumentale", "monumentales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monumental"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monumental" is \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monumental" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list