Montgomery

/məntˈɡʌməɹi/

//məntˈɡʌməɹi// name

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"montgomery" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Montgomery” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,067
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old French.

Corpus desk

Index EN-montgomery · Montgomery · English

Montgomery · rank #8,067 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,067
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH notification

Nearest frequency peer: notification (+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 “Montgomery”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Montgomery” 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 Montgomery
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontgomery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/məntˈɡʌməɹi/
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,067
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Montgomery”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Montgomerylands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “notification” (#8,068), “mint” (#8,065), “nova” (#8,069). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Montgomery” is #8,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Montgomery (IPA /məntˈɡʌməɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,067 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 26 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montgomery, with forms such as "mmontgomery", "mnotgomery", and "mongtomery". 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. 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: From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gom… The correct English form is Montgomery, spelled M-O-N-T-G-O-M-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
  2. 2
    Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
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    A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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    A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
  25. 25
    A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
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    Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”

Etymology

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontgomery
  • mnotgomery
  • mongtomery
  • monntgomery
  • montggomery
  • montgmoery
  • montgoemry
  • montgomerry
  • montgomeryy
  • montgomeyr
  • montgommery
  • montgomrey
  • montogmery
  • monttgomery
  • motngomery
  • omntgomery

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montgomery - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmontgomery1mnotgomery2mongtomery2monntgomery1montggomery1montgmoery2montgoemry2montgomerry1
Edit distance from "Montgomery"

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 "Montgomery"?
"Montgomery" is spelled M-O-N-T-G-O-M-E-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /məntˈɡʌməɹi/.
What does "Montgomery" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montgomery" means: A surname from Old French.
What are common misspellings of "Montgomery"?
Common misspellings include "mmontgomery", "mnotgomery", "mongtomery", "monntgomery", "montggomery". The correct spelling is "Montgomery".
How do you pronounce "Montgomery"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montgomery" is /məntˈɡʌməɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Montgomery"?
From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician pla... 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 "Montgomery", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

reliability16 variantscharitable16 variantscompliment16 variantscoordinator16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list