montant

/ˈmɒntənt/

//ˈmɒntənt// noun

"montant" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“montant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An upward cut with a blade.

Corpus desk

Index EN-montant · montant · English

montant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for montant
PropertyValue
Headwordmontant
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɒntənt/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “montant” in English

montantranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

montant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɒntənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An upward cut with a blade.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for montant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant. The correct English form is montant, spelled M-O-N-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An upward cut with a blade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

Etymology

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "montant"?
"montant" is spelled M-O-N-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɒntənt/.
What does "montant" mean?
As a noun, "montant" means: An upward cut with a blade.
How do you pronounce "montant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montant" is /ˈmɒntənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "montant"?
From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list