Montville
"montville" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Montville” is uncommon English (frequency #87,582 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,582
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French, alternative form of Monville.
Corpus desk
Index EN-montville · Montville · English
Montville · rank #87,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,582
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH monocyte
Nearest frequency peer: monocyte (-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 “Montville”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mitte
Mitte
12,429 corpus weight
- moai
moai
12,424 corpus weight
- Mohican
Mohican
12,423 corpus weight
- monocyte
monocyte
12,420 corpus weight
- Montville
Montville
12,419 corpus weight
- Mottram
Mottram
12,415 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Montville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montville |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Montville” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Montville is uncommon English at frequency #87,582 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Montville, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Montville. The correct English form is Montville, spelled M-O-N-T-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from French, alternative form of Monville.
- 2A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
- 3A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
- 4A township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
- 5An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio, United States.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Montville.
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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