Which to use
“monologue” and “monologues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,789
- “monologue” frequency rank
- #37,930
- “monologues” frequency rank
- 58719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | monologue | monologues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Scène d’une pièce de théâtre où un personnage est seul et se parle à lui-même. | Pluriel de monologue. |
Same sound, different letters: monologue vs monologues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. monologue runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against monologues's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - monologue / monologues
This is the hard kind. monologue and monologues are pronounced identically (\mɔ.nɔ.lɔɡ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “monologue” sits inside “monologues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
monologue is recorded at frequency rank #20,789, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.nɔ.lɔɡ\. monologues is at rank #37,930, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.nɔ.lɔɡ\.
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 58719, this pair ranks #107,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of monologue vs monologues
Shared letters: eglmnou. Private to "monologue": -. Private to "monologues": s.
"monologue" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "monologues" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- monologue ← mmonologue · mnoologue · monloogue · monnologue · monolgoue · monollogue · monologeu · monologgue
- monologues ← mmonologues · mnoologues · monloogues · monnologues · monolgoues · monollogues · monologeus · monologgues
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "monologue" for "monologues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "monologue" vs "monologues" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "monologue" / "monologues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "monologue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "monologues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #107,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.