montfaucon

\mɔ̃.fo.kɔ̃\

/\mɔ̃.fo.kɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“montfaucon” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,235
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Format d’une espèce de papier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montfaucon · montfaucon · French

montfaucon · rank #49,235 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,235
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH montais

Nearest frequency peer: montais (-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 « montfaucon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « montfaucon » 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).

montfaucon vs Montluçon
60% similar

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

Key facts for montfaucon
PropertyValue
Headwordmontfaucon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ̃.fo.kɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,235
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « montfaucon »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « montais » (#49,234), « morbidité » (#49,236), « monorail » (#49,233). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « montfaucon » est au #49,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around montfaucon (IPA \mɔ̃.fo.kɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,235 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Format d’une espèce de papier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for montfaucon, with forms such as "mmontfaucon", "mnotfaucon", and "monftaucon". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Montluçon", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is montfaucon, spelled M-O-N-T-F-A-U-C-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Format d’une espèce de papier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontfaucon
  • mnotfaucon
  • monftaucon
  • monntfaucon
  • montafucon
  • montfacuon
  • montfauccon
  • montfaucno
  • montfauconn
  • montfauocn
  • montffaucon
  • montfuacon
  • monttfaucon
  • motnfaucon
  • omntfaucon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of montfaucon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmontfaucon1mnotfaucon2monftaucon2monntfaucon1montafucon2montfacuon2montfauccon1montfaucno2
Edit distance from "montfaucon"

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 "montfaucon"?
"montfaucon" is spelled M-O-N-T-F-A-U-C-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.fo.kɔ̃\.
What does "montfaucon" mean?
As a noun, "montfaucon" means: Format d’une espèce de papier.
What words are commonly confused with "montfaucon"?
"montfaucon" is commonly confused with "Montluçon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "montfaucon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montfaucon" is \mɔ̃.fo.kɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montfaucon" come from?
"montfaucon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

musicalité#49,244naturistes#49,248omniscient#49,256Marcoussis#49,208

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

permettrais15 variantslaboratory15 variantsprolongera15 variantsquatrièmes15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list