Mountford

name

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"mountford" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Mountford” is uncommon English (frequency #82,564 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,564
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mountford · Mountford · English

Mountford · rank #82,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,564
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH moulder

Nearest frequency peer: moulder (-2 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 “Mountford”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mountford
PropertyValue
HeadwordMountford
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Mountford” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Mountfordfalls 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: “moulder” (#82,562), “Morant” (#82,560), “moonshot” (#82,559). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Mountford” is #82,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mountford is uncommon English at frequency #82,564 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mountford, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Montford. The correct English form is Mountford, spelled M-O-U-N-T-F-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Variant of Montford.

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 "Mountford"?
"Mountford" is spelled M-O-U-N-T-F-O-R-D.
What does "Mountford" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mountford" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Mountford"?
Variant of Montford. 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 "Mountford", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mohammadi#82,553megalodon#82,537Meadville#82,533McCaffery#82,526

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list