Which to use
“mondaine” and “mondaines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,267
- “mondaine” frequency rank
- #48,054
- “mondaines” frequency rank
- 78321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mondaine | mondaines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mondain. | Féminin pluriel de mondain. |
Same sound, different letters: mondaine vs mondaines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mondaine runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against mondaines's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mondaine vs mondaines
This is the hard kind. mondaine and mondaines are pronounced identically (\mɔ̃.dɛn\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mondaine” sits inside “mondaines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mondaine is recorded at frequency rank #30,267, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.dɛn\. mondaines is at rank #48,054, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.dɛn\.
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 78321, this pair ranks #26,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mondaine vs mondaines
Shared letters: adeimno. Private to "mondaine": -. Private to "mondaines": s.
"mondaine" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "mondaines" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mondaine" and "mondaines" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mondaine" or "mondaines"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mondaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mondaines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mondaine" and "mondaines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mondaines vs mondains". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #26,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.