montée

\mɔ̃.te\

/\mɔ̃.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“montée” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,089
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de monter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montee · montée · French

montée · rank #3,089 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,089
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH montagnes

Nearest frequency peer: montagnes (-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 « montée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « montée » 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).

montée vs morte
67% similar
montée vs monts
67% similar
montée vs Motte
50% similar

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

Key facts for montée
PropertyValue
Headwordmontée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ̃.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,089
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « montée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.montéese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « montagnes » (#3,088), « morceau » (#3,090), « Montage » (#3,087). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « montée » est au #3,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around montée (IPA \mɔ̃.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,089 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for montée, with forms such as "mmontée", "mnotée", and "monntée". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "morte", "monts", "Motte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is montée, spelled M-O-N-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de monter.
  2. 2
    Endroit par où l’on monte à une montagne, à un coteau, à une éminence, etc.
  3. 3
    , Rampe douce au-devant d’un édifice.
  4. 4
    Augmentation ou accroissement.
  5. 5
    Hauteur d’une voûte.
  6. 6
    Hauteur d'un escalier entre les niveaux de deux paliers consécutifs.
  7. 7
    Ressentir de façon progressive les effets d'un psychotrope, début du trip.
  8. 8
    Rue généralement en pente.
  9. 9
    Rue généralement en pente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La table I donne, en fonction de la durée totale de la montée ou la baissée […], le nombre de centièmes de l'amplitude dont la mer a monté ou baissé depuis l'instant de référence.
  2. Prenez par la montée, c’est le chemin le plus court.

Synonyms

flèche

Antonyms

descente

This word in other languages

ramp(English)tiro(Español)Bergfahrt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontée
  • mnotée
  • monntée
  • montee
  • monteé
  • monttée
  • monéte
  • motnée
  • omntée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of montée - 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.

mmontée1mnotée2monntée1montee1monteé2monttée1monéte2motnée2
Edit distance from "montée"

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 "montée"?
"montée" is spelled M-O-N-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.te\.
What does "montée" mean?
As a noun, "montée" means: Action de monter.
What words are commonly confused with "montée"?
"montée" is commonly confused with "morte", "monts", "Motte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "montée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montée" is \mɔ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montée" come from?
"montée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

navire#3,092manche#3,085rappel#3,099street#3,106

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

morceau9 variantsdisons9 variantsventre9 variantscroyez9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list