montant

\mɔ̃.tɑ̃\

/\mɔ̃.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“montant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,744
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-montant · montant · French

montant · rank #1,744 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH matériel

Nearest frequency peer: matériel (-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 « montant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « montant » 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).

montant vs mutant
71% similar
montant vs montent
86% similar
montant vs mourant
71% similar

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

Key facts for montant
PropertyValue
Headwordmontant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,744
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « montant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).montantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « matériel » (#1,743), « nations » (#1,745), « lancer » (#1,742). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « montant » est au #1,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around montant (IPA \mɔ̃.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,744 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for montant, with forms such as "mmontant", "mnotant", and "monatnt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mutant", "montent", "mourant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is montant, spelled M-O-N-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui monte.
  2. 2
    Qui va des notes graves aux notes élevées.
  3. 3
    Vertical.
  4. 4
    En poste, par opposition à ce qu’on relève et qu’on appelle descendant.
  5. 5
    Qui vient de Paris ou qui arrive en gare.
  6. 6
    Qui va vers l’amont du cours d’eau.
  7. 7
    Qualifie la phase de la Lune quand elle s’élève de jour en jour par rapport au plan de l’écliptique, autrement dit quand elle apparait par rapport à un repère fixe, tel un arbre, chaque jour plus haut dans le ciel.
  8. 8
    Se dit de la voie de transmission et des informations transmises, d’une station terrienne vers une station spatiale, d’une station de données vers un ordinateur central, d’un utilisateur vers un serveur, ou encore d’une station mobile vers une station de base.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un chemin montant.
  2. La marée montante.

Antonyms

avalantdescendant

This word in other languages

ascending(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontant
  • mnotant
  • monatnt
  • monntant
  • montannt
  • montantt
  • montatn
  • montnat
  • monttant
  • motnant
  • omntant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of montant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmontant1mnotant2monatnt2monntant1montannt1montantt1montatn2montnat2
Edit distance from "montant"

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 "montant"?
"montant" is spelled M-O-N-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "montant" mean?
As an adjective, "montant" means: Qui monte.
What words are commonly confused with "montant"?
"montant" is commonly confused with "mutant", "montent", "mourant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "montant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montant" is \mɔ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nations#1,745humains#1,738députés#1,735réduire#1,754

Similar misspelling depth

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

concept11 variantsbordeaux11 variantssouvenir11 variantsdomicile11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list