Montmagny
\mɔ̃.ma.ɲi\
The verdict
“Montmagny” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #44,052 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #44,052
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Val-d’Oise.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montmagny |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.ma.ɲi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Montmagny” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Montmagny is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ̃.ma.ɲi\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,052 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montmagny, with forms such as "mmontmagny", "mnotmagny", and "monmtagny". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "montagne", "Montigny", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Montmagny, spelled M-O-N-T-M-A-G-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Val-d’Oise.
- 2Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC du même nom.
- 3Municipalité régionale de comté canadienne du Québec, dans la région administrative de Chaudière-Appalaches.
- 4Refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs canadien, située dans la province de Québec.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmontmagny,mnotmagny,monmtagny,monntmagny,montamgny,montmaggny,montmagnny,montmagnyy,montmagyn,montmangy,montmgany,montmmagny,monttmagny,motnmagny,omntmagny
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montmagny - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Montmagny”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-T-M-A-G-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ̃.ma.ɲi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “montagne” - see the side-by-side comparison. Montmagny vs montagne
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.