MongolevsmongolsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#26,800
“Mongole” frequency rank
#27,527
“mongols” frequency rank
54327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mongole mongols
Definition Habitante de la Mongolie. Masculin pluriel de mongol.

Same sound, different letters: Mongole vs mongols

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
Mongole
7 ch
mongols

Same sound, different spelling - Mongole / mongols

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Mongole and mongols 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 a single letter - e in “Mongole” becomes s in “mongols”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54327, 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\. mongols is at rank #27,527, 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 54327, this pair ranks #134,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mongole vs mongols

Shared letters: glmno. Private to "Mongole": e. Private to "mongols": s.

"Mongole" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "mongols" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mongolemmongole · mnogole · mognole · monggole · mongloe · mongoel · mongolle · monngole
  • mongolsmmongols · mnogols · mognols · monggols · monglos · mongolls · mongolss · mongosl

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mongole" and "mongols" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mongole" is a noun and "mongols" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Mongole" or "mongols"?
"Mongole" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,800 in our French list, against #27,527 for "mongols". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"Mongole" and "mongols" 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 "mongols" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mongole" and "mongols" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mongols vs montons". 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 #134,764 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