Montaigu

/\mɔ̃.te.ɡy\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,498

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Montaigu is aFrenchname. It means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne. Pronounced \mɔ̃.te.ɡy\. Often confused with montait and montais.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Montaigu in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Montaigu is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃.te.ɡy\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,498 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Montaigu, with forms such as "mmontaigu", "mnotaigu", and "monatigu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "montait", "montais", "Montage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Montaigu, spelled M-O-N-T-A-I-G-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmontaigu,mnotaigu,monatigu,monntaigu,montagiu,montaiggu,montaiug,montiagu,monttaigu,motnaigu,omntaigu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Montaigu

Misspelling Variants of "Montaigu"

mmontaigu9mnotaigu8monatigu8monntaigu9montagiu8montaiggu9montaiug8montiagu8
Misspelling Variants of "Montaigu"

Frequency rank: #36,498 in French

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 name, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.