mormon

\mɔʁ.mɔ̃\

/\mɔʁ.mɔ̃\/ adj

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mormon
PropertyValue
Headwordmormon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔʁ.mɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,978
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mormon » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mormontombe 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: « monogamie » (#50,977), « morveux » (#50,979), « Modric » (#50,976). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mormon » est au #50,978. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Relatif au mormonisme, c’est-à-dire à l’Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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 […]
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mormon"?
"mormon" is spelled M-O-R-M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.mɔ̃\.
What does "mormon" mean?
As an adjective, "mormon" means: Relatif au mormonisme, c’est-à-dire à l’Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours.
How do you pronounce "mormon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mormon" is \mɔʁ.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mormon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mormon", 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