haute montagne
^((h aspiré))\ot mɔ̃.taɲ\
The verdict
“haute 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En montagne, niveau d’altitude où l’évolution de l’homme est soumise à des contraintes fortes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haute-montagne · haute montagne · French
haute montagne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haute montagne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ot mɔ̃.taɲ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « haute montagne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
haute montagne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ot mɔ̃.taɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En montagne, niveau d’altitude où l’évolution de l’homme est soumise à des contraintes fortes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for haute montagne, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is haute montagne, spelled H-A-U-T-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1En montagne, niveau d’altitude où l’évolution de l’homme est soumise à des contraintes fortes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haute montagne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lecteur de Jack London et de James Oliver Curwood se retrouve dans son élément : la haute montagne vaut bien le pôle.
Dans la haute montagne, où la grande propriété n’existe pas, les propriétés moyennes sont généralement louées à des fermiers; les petits domaines sont toujours exploités par leurs propriétaires.
Antonyms
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.