monsieur

//mə.sjø// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,264

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

monsieur is aPortuguesenoun. It means: senhor Pronounced /mə.sjø/.

Key facts for monsieur
PropertyValue
Headwordmonsieur
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mə.sjø/
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,264
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of monsieur in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for monsieur is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mə.sjø/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,264 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "senhor".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for monsieur, with forms such as "mmonsieur", "mnosieur", and "moniseur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is monsieur, spelled M-O-N-S-I-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    senhor

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmonsieur,mnosieur,moniseur,monnsieur,monseiur,monsieru,monsieurr,monsiuer,monssieur,mosnieur,omnsieur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for monsieur

Misspelling Variants of "monsieur"

mmonsieur9mnosieur8moniseur8monnsieur9monseiur8monsieru8monsieurr9monsiuer8
Misspelling Variants of "monsieur"

Frequency rank: #30,264 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monsieur"?
"monsieur" is spelled M-O-N-S-I-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is /mə.sjø/.
What does "monsieur" mean?
As a noun, "monsieur" means: senhor
What are common misspellings of "monsieur"?
Common misspellings include "mmonsieur", "mnosieur", "moniseur", "monnsieur", "monseiur". The correct spelling is "monsieur".
How do you pronounce "monsieur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monsieur" is /mə.sjø/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monsieur" come from?
"monsieur" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.