Mont Blanc
/ˌmɒ̃ ˈblɒ̃(k)/
"mont-blanc" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mont Blanc” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mont-blanc · Mont Blanc · English
Mont Blanc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mont Blanc |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɒ̃ ˈblɒ̃(k)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mont Blanc” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mont Blanc is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌmɒ̃ ˈblɒ̃(k)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mont Blanc, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”). The correct English form is Mont Blanc, spelled M-O-N-T- -B-L-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.
Etymology
Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.