Montaigu

\mɔ̃.te.ɡy\

/\mɔ̃.te.ɡy\/ name

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The verdict

“Montaigu” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,498
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montaigu · Montaigu · French

Montaigu · rank #36,498 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,498
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH minutie

Nearest frequency peer: minutie (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Montaigu »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Montaigu » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Montaigu vs montait
63% similar
Montaigu vs montais
63% similar
Montaigu vs Montage
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Montaigu
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontaigu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɔ̃.te.ɡy\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,498
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Montaigu »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Montaiguse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « minutie » (#36,497), « moralisation » (#36,499), « mic » (#36,496). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Montaigu » est au #36,498. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Montaigu (IPA \mɔ̃.te.ɡy\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,498 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montaigu, with forms such as "mmontaigu", "mnotaigu", and "monatigu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "montait", "montais", "Montage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Montaigu, spelled M-O-N-T-A-I-G-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Vendée intégrée à la commune de Montaigu-Vendée en janvier 2019.
  4. 4
    Ancien nom de la commune française Montaigu-la-Brisette.
  5. 5
    Section et village de Montaigu-Zichem en province du Brabant flamand dans la région flamande de Belgique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Montaigu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ah ! Voilà, monsieur le curé, nous allions à Montaigu, nous marchions par la grand’route, nous regardions de tous côtés pour voir si on ne trouverait point un clocher.
  2. Il tirait sur une magnifique pipe en merisier de Montaigu, adroitement culottée, renâclant de temps en temps sa fumée par les narines.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontaigu
  • mnotaigu
  • monatigu
  • monntaigu
  • montagiu
  • montaiggu
  • montaiug
  • montiagu
  • monttaigu
  • motnaigu
  • omntaigu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montaigu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmontaigu1mnotaigu2monatigu2monntaigu1montagiu2montaiggu1montaiug2montiagu2
Edit distance from "Montaigu"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Montaigu"?
"Montaigu" is spelled M-O-N-T-A-I-G-U. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.te.ɡy\.
What does "Montaigu" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montaigu" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
What words are commonly confused with "Montaigu"?
"Montaigu" is commonly confused with "montait", "montais", "Montage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Montaigu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montaigu" is \mɔ̃.te.ɡy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montaigu" come from?
"Montaigu" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Montaigu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

munition#36,502myocarde#36,503Melchior#36,490maquillé#36,485

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

malbouffe11 variantspermises11 variantspoussettes11 variantsJinping11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list