Montevideo
/ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/
"montevideo" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Montevideo” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,835
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of Uruguay.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montevideo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Montevideo” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Montevideo (IPA /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,835 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montevideo, with forms such as "mmontevideo", "mnotevideo", and "monetvideo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: There is general agreement that the first two syllables come from Spanish or Portuguese monte (“hill”), in reference to the prominent hill to the west of the city. Beyond that, explanations differ. Two of the most popular stories are that the name comes fro… The correct English form is Montevideo, spelled M-O-N-T-E-V-I-D-E-O.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Uruguay.
- 2A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.
Etymology
There is general agreement that the first two syllables come from Spanish or Portuguese monte (“hill”), in reference to the prominent hill to the west of the city. Beyond that, explanations differ. Two of the most popular stories are that the name comes from a reading of the abbreviated MONTE-VI-D-E-O ("sixth hill from east to west"), or that it comes from a Portuguese sailor's shout of "Monte vide eu".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmontevideo,mnotevideo,monetvideo,monntevideo,monteivdeo,montevdieo,monteviddeo,montevidoe,monteviedo,montevvideo,monttevideo,montveideo,motnevideo,omntevideo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montevideo - 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 “Montevideo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-T-E-V-I-D-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.