mountain range
"mountain-range" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mountain range” 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 adjoining mountains, often in a line.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mountain range |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mountain range” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mountain range is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mountain range, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mountain + range. The correct English form is mountain range, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -R-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.
Etymology
From mountain + range.
Synonyms
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 range”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -R-A-N-G-E - 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.