Montague

/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/

//ˈmɒntəɡjuː// name

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"montague" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Montague” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,171
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.

Corpus desk

Index EN-montague · Montague · English

Montague · rank #26,171 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,171
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH momentary

Nearest frequency peer: momentary (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Montague”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Montague” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Montague vs Montauk
75% similar
Montague vs Montaigne
78% similar
Montague vs montage
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Montague
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontague
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,171
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Montague”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Montaguelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “momentary” (#26,170), “moratorium” (#26,172), “mite” (#26,169). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Montague” is #26,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Montague (IPA /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,171 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montague, with forms such as "mmontague", "mnotague", and "monatgue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Montauk", "Montaigne", "montage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Montague, spelled M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
  2. 2
    A male given name.
  3. 3
    By analogy with the Shakespearean play, a member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the husband in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or of a group that is feuding with another, similar group identified as Capulet.
  4. 4
    A city in Siskiyou County, California.
  5. 5
    A town in Massachusetts.
  6. 6
    A city in Michigan.
  7. 7
    A town in New York.
  8. 8
    A township in Ontario.
  9. 9
    A community in Prince Edward Island.
  10. 10
    An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Montague appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet.
  2. For seven years she and her father, and her father-in-law, remained estranged, till old Santa-Pia Capulet lay on his death bed, still adamant in his political convictions, recalcitrant against the orders of the state (on emancipation), and unrelenting toward his daughter, the dead Romeo, and old Montague; and so he died, with only a vague gesture of forgi…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontague
  • mnotague
  • monatgue
  • monntague
  • montageu
  • montaggue
  • montauge
  • montgaue
  • monttague
  • motnague
  • omntague

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montague - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmontague1mnotague2monatgue2monntague1montageu2montaggue1montauge2montgaue2
Edit distance from "Montague"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Montague"?
"Montague" is spelled M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/.
What does "Montague" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montague" means: A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu.
What words are commonly confused with "Montague"?
"Montague" is commonly confused with "Montauk", "Montaigne", "montage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Montague"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montague" is /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montague" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Montague", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mulligan#26,178Mayfield#26,160neurotic#26,185mackerel#26,154

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

nascent11 variantsMarquette11 variantsremedial11 variantshatchet11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list