# Montaigne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,507

## Definitions
1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
2. Michel de Montaigne, a French philosopher

## Etymology
From French Montaigne.

## Easily confused with
- **montage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/montage-vs-montaigne)
- **Montague** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/montague-vs-montaigne)

## Common misspellings (13)
`mmontaigne`, `mnotaigne`, `monatigne`, `monntaigne`, `montagine`, `montaigen`, `montaiggne`, `montaignne`, `montainge`, `montiagne`, `monttaigne`, `motnaigne`, `omntaigne`

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