montrait

\mɔ̃.tʁɛ\

/\mɔ̃.tʁɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“montrait” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,622
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montrait · montrait · French

montrait · rank #11,622 · 12 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,622
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH ML

Nearest frequency peer: ML (-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 « montrait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « montrait » 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).

montrait vs mourait
75% similar
montrait vs montrent
75% similar
montrait vs montrant
88% similar

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

Key facts for montrait
PropertyValue
Headwordmontrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔ̃.tʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,622
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « montrait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.montraitse 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 « ML » (#11,621), « minimale » (#11,620), « muni » (#11,624). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « montrait » est au #11,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around montrait (IPA \mɔ̃.tʁɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,622 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for montrait, with forms such as "mmontrait", "mnotrait", and "monntrait". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "mourait", "montrent", "montrant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 montrait, spelled M-O-N-T-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et Vital montrait un chapeau d’une coupe et d’un dessin véritablement juste-milieu.
  2. Jarry se montrait plus fantasque que sa compagne. Il exigeait que celle-ci se compromît.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontrait
  • mnotrait
  • monntrait
  • monrtait
  • montarit
  • montraitt
  • montrati
  • montriat
  • montrrait
  • monttrait
  • motnrait
  • omntrait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmontrait1mnotrait2monntrait1monrtait2montarit2montraitt1montrati2montriat2
Edit distance from "montrait"

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 "montrait"?
"montrait" is spelled M-O-N-T-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.tʁɛ\.
What does "montrait" mean?
As a verb, "montrait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer.
What words are commonly confused with "montrait"?
"montrait" is commonly confused with "mourait", "montrent", "montrant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "montrait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montrait" is \mɔ̃.tʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montrait" come from?
"montrait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list