MongolevsmongolesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Mongole is a noun, mongoles is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mongole” is a noun and “mongoles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,800
“Mongole” frequency rank
#39,900
“mongoles” frequency rank
66700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mongole mongoles
Definition Habitante de la Mongolie. Féminin pluriel de mongol.

Same sound, different letters: Mongole vs mongoles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. Mongole runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against mongoles's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Mongole
8 ch
mongoles

Ear matches; page differs - Mongole and mongoles

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Mongole and mongoles carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɔ̃.ɡɔl\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Mongole” sits inside “mongoles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mongole is recorded at frequency rank #26,800, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃.ɡɔl\. mongoles is at rank #39,900, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.ɡɔl\.

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 66700, this pair ranks #66,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Mongole vs mongoles

Shared letters: eglmno. Private to "Mongole": -. Private to "mongoles": s.

"Mongole" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "mongoles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mongole ← mmongole · mnogole · mognole · monggole · mongloe · mongoel · mongolle · monngole
  • mongoles ← mmongoles · mnogoles · mognoles · monggoles · mongloes · mongoels · mongoless · mongolles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mongole" and "mongoles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mongole" is a noun and "mongoles" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Mongole" or "mongoles"?
"Mongole" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,800 in our French list, against #39,900 for "mongoles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"Mongole" and "mongoles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mongole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mongoles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mongole" and "mongoles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monge vs Mongole". 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 #66,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list