Which to use
“mondaine” and “mondains” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,267
- “mondaine” frequency rank
- #49,230
- “mondains” frequency rank
- 79497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mondaine | mondains |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mondain. | Masculin pluriel de mondain. |
Where the eye mixes mondaine and mondains
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mondaine (CVCCVVCV) and mondains (CVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between mondaine and mondains
A purely visual mix-up. mondaine (\mɔ̃.dɛn\) and mondains (\mɔ̃.dɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “mondaine” becomes s in “mondains”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79497, 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\. mondains is at rank #49,230, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.dɛ̃\.
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 79497, this pair ranks #23,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mondaine vs mondains
Shared letters: adimno. Private to "mondaine": e. Private to "mondains": s.
"mondaine" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "mondains" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mondaine" and "mondains" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mondaine" or "mondains" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mondaine" and "mondains" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mondaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mondains" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mondaine" and "mondains" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mondains vs montais". 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 #23,145 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.