Which to use
“mon” is a determiner and “MRC” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #66
- “mon” frequency rank
- #12,201
- “MRC” frequency rank
- 12267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mon | MRC |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marque la possession ou l’appartenance. Le possesseur est le locuteur, ce qu’il possède est au masculin singulier. | Montpellier rugby club (créé en 1986, devenu le Montpellier Hérault rugby club (MHRC) en 2003, puis le Montpellier Hérault rugby (MHR) en 2009). |
Where the eye mixes mon and MRC
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mon vs MRC
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mon is \mɔ̃\ while MRC is \ɛ.mɛʁ.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mon is recorded at frequency rank #66, classified as adet, pronounced \mɔ̃\. MRC is at rank #12,201, tagged as aname, pronounced \ɛ.mɛʁ.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 12267, this pair ranks #405,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mon vs MRC
Shared letters: m. Private to "mon": no. Private to "MRC": cr.
"mon" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "MRC" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mon" for "MRC" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "MRC" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mon" and "MRC" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "MRC vs MWh". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #405,952 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.