monte

/\mɔ̃t\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,185

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

monte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Accouplement des animaux. Pronounced \mɔ̃t\. It ranks #2,185 in French word frequency. Often confused with mot and mort.

Key facts for monte
PropertyValue
Headwordmonte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ̃t\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,185
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for monte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,185 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for monte, with forms such as "mmonte", "mnote", and "monnte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mot", "mort", "mots", 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 monte, spelled M-O-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accouplement des animaux.
  2. 2
    Action de monter un cheval dans une course, manière dont un jockey mène un cheval.
  3. 3
    Trot monté.
  4. 4
    Dimension d'une jante de voiture

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmonte,mnote,monnte,montte,motne,omnte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for monte

Misspelling Variants of "monte"

mmonte6mnote5monnte6montte6motne5omnte5
Misspelling Variants of "monte"

Frequency rank: #2,185 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monte"?
"monte" is spelled M-O-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃t\.
What does "monte" mean?
As a noun, "monte" means: Accouplement des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "monte"?
"monte" is commonly confused with "mot", "mort", "mots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monte" is \mɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monte" come from?
"monte" 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.