Montparnasse

name

"montparnasse" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Montparnasse” is uncommon English (frequency #70,920 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,920
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A neighbourhood of Paris, France.

Corpus desk

Index EN-montparnasse · Montparnasse · English

Montparnasse · rank #70,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,920
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH monstrously

Nearest frequency peer: monstrously (-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 “Montparnasse”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Montparnasse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Montparnasse
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontparnasse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Montparnasse” in English

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).Montparnassefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “monstrously” (#70,919), “mope” (#70,921), “Moniz” (#70,918). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Montparnasse” is #70,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Montparnasse is uncommon English at frequency #70,920 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A neighbourhood of Paris, France.".

Montparnasse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Montparnasse. The correct English form is Montparnasse, spelled M-O-N-T-P-A-R-N-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A neighbourhood of Paris, France.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Montparnasse.

This word in other languages

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 "Montparnasse"?
"Montparnasse" is spelled M-O-N-T-P-A-R-N-A-S-S-E.
What does "Montparnasse" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montparnasse" means: A neighbourhood of Paris, France.
What is the origin of the word "Montparnasse"?
Borrowed from French Montparnasse. 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 "Montparnasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list