Montezuma
The verdict
“Montezuma” is uncommon French (frequency #90,947 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,947
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Montézuma.
Corpus desk
Index FR-montezuma · Montezuma · French
Montezuma · rank #90,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,947
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH moissonneurs
Nearest frequency peer: moissonneurs (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Montezuma »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Mitchel
Mitchel
9,059 corpus weight
- modeling
modeling
9,057 corpus weight
- moissonneurs
moissonneurs
9,056 corpus weight
- Montezuma
Montezuma
9,054 corpus weight
- motoristes
motoristes
9,051 corpus weight
- mourais
mourais
9,050 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Montezuma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montezuma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Montezuma » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Montezuma is uncommon French at frequency #90,947 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Montézuma.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Montezuma in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Montezuma, spelled M-O-N-T-E-Z-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de Montézuma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Montezuma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsque les Espagnols furent arrivés à la rivière que l’on rencontre près des maisons d’Albaredo, et qui est désignée sous le nom de Xoluco, Montezuma se disposa à aller recevoir don Hernando Cortès et les autres capitaines avec paix et honneur.
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.
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