Montclair

name

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"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
4,057
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-montclair · Montclair · English

Montclair · rank #41,259 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,259
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Montagu

Nearest frequency peer: Montagu (-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 “Montclair”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Montclair” 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
Key facts for Montclair
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontclair
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,259
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Montclair”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Montclairlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Montagu” (#41,258), “modicum” (#41,256), “mouthwash” (#41,263). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Montclair” is #41,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Montclair, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,259 among 4,057 “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

  1. 1
    A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
  2. 2
    A city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
  3. 3
    A neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Since that ban took effect last October, “Montclair has been a healthier, cleaner, quieter community,” she said.
  2. That was where he grew up […] near a place that called itself Montclair, tucked into the hills on the other side of Highway 13, where everyone pretended it was a faraway luxury mountain town, when it wasn’t even not Oakland, just an area, hardly more than a neighborhood with a fancy sign, not like Piedmont, which had paid for the right to declare itself i…

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.

mmontclair1mnotclair2monctlair2monntclair1montcalir2montcclair1montclairr1montclari2
Edit distance from "Montclair"

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 "Montclair"?
"Montclair" is spelled M-O-N-T-C-L-A-I-R.
What does "Montclair" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montclair" means: A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
What are common misspellings of "Montclair"?
Common misspellings include "mmontclair", "mnotclair", "monctlair", "monntclair", "montcalir". The correct spelling is "Montclair".
What is the origin of the word "Montclair"?
From French mont (“mountain”) + clair (“clear”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list