# Montreal

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌmɒntɹiˈɔːl/ · frequency rank #6,381

## Definitions
1. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
2. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
3. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
4. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
5. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
6. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
7. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
8. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
9. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
10. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
11. A river in Algoma and Sudbury districts, Ontario, Canada.
12. A river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.
13. A river in No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
14. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States.
15. A small city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
16. A river on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States.
17. A river in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.

## Etymology
From French Montréal; from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”) (mont + royal), after the nearby hill by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian Monte Real.

## Easily confused with
- **Montreux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/montreal-vs-montreux)
- **mongrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mongrel-vs-montreal)

## Common misspellings (12)
`mmontreal`, `mnotreal`, `monntreal`, `monrteal`, `monteral`, `montrael`, `montreall`, `montrela`, `montrreal`, `monttreal`, `motnreal`, `omntreal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/montreal