montée de lait
\mɔ̃.te də le\
The verdict
“montée de lait” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Processus de génération du lait chez la femelle mammifère.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | montée de lait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.te də le\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “montée de lait” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
montée de lait is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃.te də le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for montée de lait, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 montée de lait, spelled M-O-N-T-É-E- -D-E- -L-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Processus de génération du lait chez la femelle mammifère.
- 2Moment où la femme allaitante sent le lait monter en son sein, parfois accompagné d’une certaine douleur.
- 3Prise de position publique exprimant une irritation violente et irrépressible, spontanée ou présentée comme telle, à propos d’une situation.
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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.
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Using “montée de lait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-T-É-E- -D-E- -L-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ̃.te də le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.