monter un bateau
\mɔ̃.te œ̃ ba.to\
The verdict
“monter un bateau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tromper au moyen d’un mensonge, d’un bobard dont la victime fait peine tant l’histoire est incroyable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monter un bateau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.te œ̃ ba.to\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “monter un bateau” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
monter un bateau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mɔ̃.te œ̃ ba.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tromper au moyen d’un mensonge, d’un bobard dont la victime fait peine tant l’histoire est incroyable.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for monter un bateau, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is monter un bateau, spelled M-O-N-T-E-R- -U-N- -B-A-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Tromper au moyen d’un mensonge, d’un bobard dont la victime fait peine tant l’histoire est incroyable.
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 “monter un bateau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-T-E-R- -U-N- -B-A-T-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ̃.te œ̃ ba.to\ (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.