Montparnasse

\mɔ̃.paʁ.nas\

/\mɔ̃.paʁ.nas\/ name

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The verdict

“Montparnasse” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,091
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu-dit de Paris, à l'emplacement de l’ancien « mont Parnasse » et qui s’étend actuellement sur plusieurs quartiers administratifs de la ville (dont le quartier du Montparnasse, qui lui doit son n...

Corpus desk

Index FR-montparnasse · Montparnasse · French

Montparnasse · rank #14,091 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,091
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Monica

Nearest frequency peer: Monica (-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 « Montparnasse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Montparnasse » 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 Montparnasse
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontparnasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɔ̃.paʁ.nas\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,091
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Montparnasse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Montparnassese 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 « Monica » (#14,090), « Montréalais » (#14,092), « moléculaire » (#14,089). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Montparnasse » est au #14,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Montparnasse (IPA \mɔ̃.paʁ.nas\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,091 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montparnasse, with forms such as "mmontparnasse", "mnotparnasse", and "monntparnasse". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Montparnasse, spelled M-O-N-T-P-A-R-N-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu-dit de Paris, à l'emplacement de l’ancien « mont Parnasse » et qui s’étend actuellement sur plusieurs quartiers administratifs de la ville (dont le quartier du Montparnasse, qui lui doit son nom).
  2. 2
    Gare ferroviaire de Paris, dans le quartier du même nom.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Étant donné le jour des Morts, à la porte du cimetière Montparnasse, et l’affluence des visiteurs, Dieu sait la quantité de soutados jetés par ceux-ci […]
  2. Ce fut, en ce temps de relative splendeur, qu’un soir de bombe, à Montparnasse, il cueillit Geneviève à une table de café.

Synonyms

Montparno

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontparnasse
  • mnotparnasse
  • monntparnasse
  • monptarnasse
  • montaprnasse
  • montpanrasse
  • montparansse
  • montparnase
  • montparnases
  • montparnnasse
  • montparnsase
  • montparrnasse
  • montpparnasse
  • montpranasse
  • monttparnasse
  • motnparnasse
  • omntparnasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montparnasse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmontparnasse1mnotparnasse2monntparnasse1monptarnasse2montaprnasse2montpanrasse2montparansse2montparnase1
Edit distance from "Montparnasse"

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 "Montparnasse"?
"Montparnasse" is spelled M-O-N-T-P-A-R-N-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.paʁ.nas\.
What does "Montparnasse" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montparnasse" means: Lieu-dit de Paris, à l'emplacement de l’ancien « mont Parnasse » et qui s’étend actuellement sur plusieurs quartiers administratifs de la ville (dont le quartier du Montparnasse, qui lui doit son n...
What are common misspellings of "Montparnasse"?
Common misspellings include "mmontparnasse", "mnotparnasse", "monntparnasse", "monptarnasse", "montaprnasse". The correct spelling is "Montparnasse".
How do you pronounce "Montparnasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montparnasse" is \mɔ̃.paʁ.nas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montparnasse" come from?
"Montparnasse" 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 "Montparnasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

perquisition#14,111préparatoire#14,121reconstituer#14,129recouvrement#14,131

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Montréalais17 variantsintervenant17 variantsretrouvailles17 variantsrésidentiel17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list