mundivsmunisWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#40,380
“mundi” frequency rank
#17,198
“munis” frequency rank
57578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mundi munis
Definition terre ferme Masculin pluriel de muni.

Letter map: mundi vs munis

Shared letters muted; letters that set mundi and munis apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mundi (CVCCV) and munis (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
mundi
5 ch
munis

Grammar separator: mundi vs munis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mundi is anoun and munisanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mundi is recorded at frequency rank #40,380, classified as anoun. munis is at rank #17,198, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.ni\.

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 57578, this pair ranks #114,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mundi vs munis

Shared letters: imnu. Private to "mundi": d. Private to "munis": s.

"mundi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "munis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mundimmundi · mnudi · mudni · munddi · munid · munndi · umndi
  • munismmunis · mnuis · muins · muniss · munnis · munsi · umnis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mundi" for "munis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mundi" is a noun and "munis" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mundi" or "munis" show up more?
"munis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,198 in our French list, against #40,380 for "mundi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "mundi" vs "munis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mundi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "munis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mundi" and "munis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs mundi". 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 #114,197 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