Montserrat

\mɔ̃.sɛ.ʁa\

/\mɔ̃.sɛ.ʁa\/ name

The verdict

“Montserrat” is uncommon French (frequency #53,497 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,497
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île des Antilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montserrat · Montserrat · French

Montserrat · rank #53,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,497
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Montpelliérain

Nearest frequency peer: Montpelliérain (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Montserrat »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Montserrat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Montserrat
PropertyValue
HeadwordMontserrat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɔ̃.sɛ.ʁa\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,497
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Montserrat » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Montserrattombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Montpelliérain » (#53,496), « monétiser » (#53,498), « monthly » (#53,495). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Montserrat » est au #53,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Montserrat is uncommon French at frequency #53,497 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɔ̃.sɛ.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Montserrat in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Montserrat, spelled M-O-N-T-S-E-R-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Île des Antilles.
  2. 2
    Territoire d’outre-mer du Royaume-Uni occupant cette île.
  3. 3
    Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Valence et la Communauté valencienne.
  4. 4
    Montagne de Catalogne, à 60 km au nord de Barcelone.
  5. 5
    Monastère de Santa Maria de Montserrat, au pied de cette montagne.
  6. 6
    Ancien département français de Catalogne de l’époque napoléonienne dont le chef-lieu était Barcelone.

This word in other languages

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 "Montserrat"?
"Montserrat" is spelled M-O-N-T-S-E-R-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.sɛ.ʁa\.
What does "Montserrat" mean?
As a proper noun, "Montserrat" means: Île des Antilles.
How do you pronounce "Montserrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Montserrat" is \mɔ̃.sɛ.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Montserrat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list