montoir

\mɔ̃t.waʁ\

/\mɔ̃t.waʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“montoir” is uncommon French (frequency #91,954 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,954
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grosse pierre, borne ou billot de bois dont on se sert pour monter plus aisément à cheval.

Key facts for montoir
PropertyValue
Headwordmontoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ̃t.waʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “montoir” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). montoir lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

montoir is uncommon French at frequency #91,954 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ̃t.waʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for montoir, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is montoir, spelled M-O-N-T-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grosse pierre, borne ou billot de bois dont on se sert pour monter plus aisément à cheval.
  2. 2
    Espace où les écuyers se mettent en selle.
  3. 3
    Espace traditionnellement localisé sous l'estrade de l'orchestre, entre les coulisses et la piste, derrière le rideau situé à l'entrée des artistes.

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 "montoir"?
"montoir" is spelled M-O-N-T-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃t.waʁ\.
What does "montoir" mean?
As a noun, "montoir" means: Grosse pierre, borne ou billot de bois dont on se sert pour monter plus aisément à cheval.
How do you pronounce "montoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montoir" is \mɔ̃t.waʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montoir" come from?
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Using “montoir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-O-N-T-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɔ̃t.waʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list