monteith
/mɒnˈtiːθ/
"monteith" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monteith” is uncommon English (frequency #51,263 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,263
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped.
Corpus desk
Index EN-monteith · monteith · English
monteith · rank #51,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,263
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Molyneux
Nearest frequency peer: Molyneux (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “monteith”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mojito
mojito
48,740 corpus weight
- Molyneux
Molyneux
48,739 corpus weight
- monteith
monteith
48,738 corpus weight
- mouton
mouton
48,736 corpus weight
- muggy
muggy
48,735 corpus weight
- mulled
mulled
48,734 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “monteith” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monteith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɒnˈtiːθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “monteith” in English
Rare enough to double-check
monteith is uncommon English at frequency #51,263 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɒnˈtiːθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for monteith in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Scottish surname Monteith. The correct English form is monteith, spelled M-O-N-T-E-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped.
- 2A cotton handkerchief with white spots on a coloured background.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monteith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the taper-lit, perhaps pre-sixteeth-century room—a piece of Laughing and Triumphing needlework in the style of Rubens completely hid the walls—the capacious oval of the dinner-table, crowned by a monteith bowl filled with slipper-orchids, showed agreeably enough.
The Punch is a secret Receipt of the Landlord, including but not limited to peach brandy, locally distill’d Whiskey, and milk. A raft of long Icicles broken from the Eaves floats upon the pale contents of the great rustick Monteith.
Etymology
From the Scottish surname Monteith.
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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