Montclair
"montclair" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Montclair” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,259. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,259
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montclair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Montclair” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Montclair, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,259 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montclair, with forms such as "mmontclair", "mnotclair", and "monctlair". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French mont (“mountain”) + clair (“clear”). The correct English form is Montclair, spelled M-O-N-T-C-L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- 2A city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
- 3A neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States.
Etymology
From French mont (“mountain”) + clair (“clear”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmontclair
- mnotclair
- monctlair
- monntclair
- montcalir
- montcclair
- montclairr
- montclari
- montcliar
- montcllair
- montlcair
- monttclair
- motnclair
- omntclair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montclair - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Montclair”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-T-C-L-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.