montgolfière

\mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ\

/\mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“montgolfière” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,931
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aérostat gonflé à l’air chaud supportant une nacelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montgolfiere · montgolfière · French

montgolfière · rank #37,931 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,931
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monologues

Nearest frequency peer: monologues (-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 « montgolfière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « montgolfière » 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
Key facts for montgolfière
PropertyValue
Headwordmontgolfière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#37,931
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « montgolfière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.montgolfièrese 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 « monologues » (#37,930), « mousseline » (#37,932), « moineaux » (#37,929). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « montgolfière » est au #37,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around montgolfière (IPA \mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,931 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for montgolfière, with forms such as "mmontgolfière", "mnotgolfière", and "mongtolfière". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is montgolfière, spelled M-O-N-T-G-O-L-F-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aérostat gonflé à l’air chaud supportant une nacelle.
  2. 2
    Meuble représentant l’aérostat du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de aéroplane, avion et ballon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vol record que vient de réaliser le CNES a en effet conduit une montgolfière infrarouge de 36 000 m3 (40 m de diamètre) portant une charge d'environ 50 kg à effectuer en deux mois un tour du monde dans l’hémisphère sud.
  2. — Une société, c’est comme une montgolfière ; si tu veux que ça monte, il faut lâcher du lest.

Synonyms

aérostatballonballon à air chaudglobe aérostatique

This word in other languages

balloon(English)Heißluftballon(Deutsch)balão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontgolfière
  • mnotgolfière
  • mongtolfière
  • monntgolfière
  • montggolfière
  • montglofière
  • montgoflière
  • montgolffière
  • montgolfiere
  • montgolfirèe
  • montgolfièer
  • montgolfièrre
  • montgolfèire
  • montgolifère
  • montgollfière
  • montoglfière
  • monttgolfière
  • motngolfière
  • omntgolfière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmontgolfière1mnotgolfière2mongtolfière2monntgolfière1montggolfière1montglofière2montgoflière2montgolffière1
Edit distance from "montgolfière"

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 "montgolfière"?
"montgolfière" is spelled M-O-N-T-G-O-L-F-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ\.
What does "montgolfière" mean?
As a noun, "montgolfière" means: Aérostat gonflé à l’air chaud supportant une nacelle.
What are common misspellings of "montgolfière"?
Common misspellings include "mmontgolfière", "mnotgolfière", "mongtolfière", "monntgolfière", "montggolfière". The correct spelling is "montgolfière".
How do you pronounce "montgolfière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montgolfière" is \mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list