Montagnais
/mɒntənˈjeɪ/
"montagnais" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Montagnais” 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) - An Algonquian language spoken by approximately 11,000 people in Eastern Canada.
Corpus desk
Index EN-montagnais · Montagnais · English
Montagnais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Montagnais |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mɒntənˈjeɪ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Montagnais” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Montagnais is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /mɒntənˈjeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Algonquian language spoken by approximately 11,000 people in Eastern Canada.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Montagnais, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French montagnais, from montagne (“mountain”) + -ais. The correct English form is Montagnais, spelled M-O-N-T-A-G-N-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1An Algonquian language spoken by approximately 11,000 people in Eastern Canada.
Etymology
Borrowed from French montagnais, from montagne (“mountain”) + -ais.
Synonyms
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.