mormon
\mɔʁ.mɔ̃\
The verdict
“mormon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,978 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,978
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au mormonisme, c’est-à-dire à l’Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mormon · mormon · French
mormon · rank #50,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,978
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH monogamie
Nearest frequency peer: monogamie (-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 « mormon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Modric
Modric
49,025 corpus weight
- monogamie
monogamie
49,024 corpus weight
- mormon
mormon
49,023 corpus weight
- morveux
morveux
49,022 corpus weight
- moucher
moucher
49,021 corpus weight
- moulée
moulée
49,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mormon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mormon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.mɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mormon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mormon is uncommon French at frequency #50,978 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔʁ.mɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au mormonisme, c’est-à-dire à l’Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mormon, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mormon, spelled M-O-R-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif au mormonisme, c’est-à-dire à l’Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mormon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les Anglais, […] je ne suis point catholique, point anglican, point luthérien, point calviniste, point juif, point méthodiste, point wesleyen, point mormon : donc athée. De plus, Français, ce qui est odieux […]
On disait autour de moi que cet homme était un évêque mormon. Un évêque mormon sous ces haillons sordides ! je n’en pouvais croire mes yeux.
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.
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