monte-charge
\mɔ̃t.ʃaʁʒ\
The verdict
“monte-charge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte d’ascenseur destiné au transport de personnes, mais qui sert à faire monter ou descendre des charges dans une usine ou dans une maison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monte-charge · monte-charge · French
monte-charge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monte-charge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃t.ʃaʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
monte-charge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃t.ʃaʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for monte-charge in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is monte-charge, spelled M-O-N-T-E---C-H-A-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte d’ascenseur destiné au transport de personnes, mais qui sert à faire monter ou descendre des charges dans une usine ou dans une maison.
- 2Ascenseur doté d’une cabine de grandes dimensions et équipé pour recevoir non seulement des personnes, mais aussi des charges volumineuses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how monte-charge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À un appel de sonnette on plaçait les plats et tout ce qui était nécessaire sur un monte-charge qui s'élevait jusqu’à la salle à manger et redescendait aussitôt.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.