Montford

name

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"montford" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Montford” is uncommon English (frequency #96,246 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,246
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).

Key facts for Montford
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontford
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,246
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Montford” sits in English frequency

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

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Montford is uncommon English at frequency #96,246 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Montford has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford. The correct English form is Montford, spelled M-O-N-T-F-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).
  2. 2
    A historic district and neighbourhood in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.

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 "Montford"?
"Montford" is spelled M-O-N-T-F-O-R-D.
What does "Montford" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montford" means: A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).
What is the origin of the word "Montford"?
Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Montford”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-T-F-O-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list