# Montana vs Montoya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Montana
*name · IPA /mɑnˈtænə/ · frequency rank #6,595*
A placename.

### Montoya
*name · frequency rank #33,745*
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

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