# monte

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɒnti/ · frequency rank #11,423

## Definitions
1. A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
2. A wood or forest; timberland.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

## Easily confused with
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mot)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-more)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-most)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-move)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mute)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-moth)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-moto)
- **moot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-moot)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mort)
- **mott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mott)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mote)
- **month** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-month)
- **movie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-movie)
- **mouth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mouth)
- **mount** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mount)
- **mouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-mouse)
- **Moore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-moore)
- **motto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-motto)
- **moose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-moose)
- **motel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-motel)

## Common misspellings (6)
`mmonte`, `mnote`, `monnte`, `montte`, `motne`, `omnte`

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