mountain chain
"mountain-chain" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mountain chain” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A series of mountain ranges stretching across a continent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mountain chain |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mountain chain” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mountain chain is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A series of mountain ranges stretching across a continent.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mountain chain, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mountain + chain. The correct English form is mountain chain, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -C-H-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1A series of mountain ranges stretching across a continent.
Etymology
From mountain + chain.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mountain chain”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -C-H-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.