montant
/ˈmɒntənt/
"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
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 | montant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɒntənt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “montant” in English
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
- 1An upward cut with a blade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how montant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.