Montagnais
/mɒntənˈjeɪ/
"montagnais" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Montagnais” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Algonquian language spoken by approximately 11,000 people in Eastern Canada.
| 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) |
Where “Montagnais” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Montagnais is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɒntənˈjeɪ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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.
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Using “Montagnais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-T-A-G-N-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɒntənˈjeɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.