Montafon

[mɔntaˈfoːn]

/[mɔntaˈfoːn]/ name

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The verdict

“Montafon” is uncommon German (frequency #65,513 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,513
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tal in Vorarlberg

Corpus desk

Index DE-montafon · Montafon · German

Montafon · rank #65,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,513
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Monopolisten

Nearest frequency peer: Monopolisten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Montafon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Montafon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Montafon
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontafon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[mɔntaˈfoːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Montafon“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Montafonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Monopolisten“ (#65,512), „Monarchien“ (#65,511), „Modetrends“ (#65,510). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Montafon“ bei #65,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Montafon is uncommon German at frequency #65,513 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [mɔntaˈfoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tal in Vorarlberg".

Montafon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Montafon, spelled M-O-N-T-A-F-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tal in Vorarlberg

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Montafon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Sommer fährt sie gerne ins Montafon.
  2. „Das Montafon, Vorarlbergs südlichstes Tal, soll für junge Menschen attraktiver werden.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Montafon"?
"Montafon" is spelled M-O-N-T-A-F-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɔntaˈfoːn].
What does "Montafon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montafon" means: Tal in Vorarlberg
How do you pronounce "Montafon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montafon" is [mɔntaˈfoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montafon" come from?
"Montafon" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Montafon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mitkommt#65,506mündigen#65,524namenlos#65,528netteste#65,533

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list