Montclair

name

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The verdict

“Montclair” is uncommon French (frequency #99,375 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,375
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville située dans l’État américain du New Jersey et dans le comté d’Essex.

Key facts for Montclair
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontclair
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,375
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Montclair” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Montclair lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Montclair is uncommon French at frequency #99,375 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville située dans l’État américain du New Jersey et dans le comté d’Essex.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Montclair, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Montclair, spelled M-O-N-T-C-L-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville située dans l’État américain du New Jersey et dans le comté d’Essex.

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 "Montclair"?
"Montclair" is spelled M-O-N-T-C-L-A-I-R.
What does "Montclair" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montclair" means: Ville située dans l’État américain du New Jersey et dans le comté d’Essex.
What language does "Montclair" come from?
"Montclair" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Montclair”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-T-C-L-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list