munk
\munk\
The verdict
“munk” is uncommon French (frequency #89,949 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,949
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Astérie, étoile de mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-munk · munk · French
munk · rank #89,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,949
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 202,672
- PHOTO-FINISH mygale
Nearest frequency peer: mygale (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “munk”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Moto3
Moto3
10,056 corpus weight
- mouchetée
mouchetée
10,054 corpus weight
- munk
munk
10,052 corpus weight
- mygale
mygale
10,051 corpus weight
- mânes
mânes
10,050 corpus weight
- Mégare
Mégare
10,048 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “munk” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | munk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \munk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “munk” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
munk is uncommon French at frequency #89,949 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \munk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Astérie, étoile de mer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for munk, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is munk, spelled M-U-N-K.
Definition
- 1Astérie, étoile de mer.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.