Montmélian
\mɔ̃.mɛ.ljɑ̃\
The verdict
“Montmélian” is uncommon French (frequency #95,074 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,074
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-montmelian · Montmélian · French
Montmélian · rank #95,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,074
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Montivilliers
Nearest frequency peer: Montivilliers (-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 « Montmélian »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- monetary
monetary
4,931 corpus weight
- montier
montier
4,930 corpus weight
- Montivillie…
Montivilliers
4,929 corpus weight
- Montmélian
Montmélian
4,927 corpus weight
- Montretout
Montretout
4,925 corpus weight
- Morelos
Morelos
4,924 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Montmélian » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Montmélian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɔ̃.mɛ.ljɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Montmélian » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Montmélian is uncommon French at frequency #95,074 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɔ̃.mɛ.ljɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Montmélian, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Montmélian, spelled M-O-N-T-M-É-L-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de la Savoie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Montmélian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Suivre Martoune, en culotte de droguet de Montmélian et bottes souples comme un mouchoir ! Ah ! non !
Vendredi, des douaniers de Montmélian (Savoie) ont retrouvé l’équivalent de 480 000 € en liquide, dont la majorité en livre sterling, dans le réservoir d’une voiture de sport.
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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