Montreuil

\mɔ̃.tʁœj\

/\mɔ̃.tʁœj\/ name

The verdict

“Montreuil” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,217
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montreuil · Montreuil · French

Montreuil · rank #13,217 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,217
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH money

Nearest frequency peer: money (-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 « Montreuil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Montreuil » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Montreuil vs Montreux
78% similar
Montreuil vs Montréal
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Montreuil
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontreuil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɔ̃.tʁœj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,217
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Montreuil »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Montreuilse 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 « money » (#13,216), « nationalités » (#13,218), « missionnaire » (#13,215). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Montreuil » est au #13,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Montreuil (IPA \mɔ̃.tʁœj\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,217 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Montreuil, with forms such as "mmontreuil", "mnotreuil", and "monntreuil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Montreux", "Montréal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Montreuil, spelled M-O-N-T-R-E-U-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Robert Lepage nous impose aussi, si on peut le dire ainsi, la lecture du manifeste du FLQ par Gaëtan Montreuil à la télévision lors de la crise d’Octobre en 1970.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontreuil
  • mnotreuil
  • monntreuil
  • monrteuil
  • monteruil
  • montreiul
  • montreuill
  • montreuli
  • montrreuil
  • montrueil
  • monttreuil
  • motnreuil
  • omntreuil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Montreuil - 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.

mmontreuil1mnotreuil2monntreuil1monrteuil2monteruil2montreiul2montreuill1montreuli2
Edit distance from "Montreuil"

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 "Montreuil"?
"Montreuil" is spelled M-O-N-T-R-E-U-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.tʁœj\.
What does "Montreuil" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montreuil" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Montreuil"?
"Montreuil" is commonly confused with "Montreux", "Montréal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Montreuil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montreuil" is \mɔ̃.tʁœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montreuil" come from?
"Montreuil" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list