# Montague vs Montaigne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Montague
*name · IPA /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ · frequency rank #26,171*
A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.

### Montaigne
*name · frequency rank #49,507*
A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/montague-vs-montaigne