bleu de montagne
\blø də mɔ̃.taɲ\
The verdict
“bleu de montagne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pigment bleu à base de carbonate de cuivre et de sulfate de calcium.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bleu de montagne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \blø də mɔ̃.taɲ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bleu de montagne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bleu de montagne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \blø də mɔ̃.taɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bleu de montagne, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bleu de montagne, spelled B-L-E-U- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Pigment bleu à base de carbonate de cuivre et de sulfate de calcium.
- 2Couleur de ce pigment.
Synonyms
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 “bleu de montagne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-L-E-U- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.