montrant

\mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\

/\mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“montrant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,962
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de montrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-montrant · montrant · French

montrant · rank #4,962 · 13 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,962
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mienne

Nearest frequency peer: mienne (-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 « montrant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « montrant » 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).

montrant vs mourant
75% similar
montrant vs montrent
88% similar
montrant vs montrons
75% similar

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

Key facts for montrant
PropertyValue
Headwordmontrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,962
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « montrant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.montrantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mienne » (#4,961), « médiatique » (#4,963), « mépris » (#4,964). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « montrant » est au #4,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around montrant (IPA \mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,962 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de montrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for montrant, with forms such as "mmontrant", "mnotrant", and "monntrant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "mourant", "montrent", "montrons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is montrant, spelled M-O-N-T-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de montrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais les tueries de juin 1934 et les pogromes de 1938 avaient calmé l’ardeur de ce jeune militaire de carrière, en lui montrant le vrai visage du nazisme.
  2. L’effet Pygmalion joue à fond avec eux. Tout en se montrant juste, car les élèves sont hypersensibles à l’équité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmontrant
  • mnotrant
  • monntrant
  • monrtant
  • montarnt
  • montrannt
  • montrantt
  • montratn
  • montrnat
  • montrrant
  • monttrant
  • motnrant
  • omntrant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmontrant1mnotrant2monntrant1monrtant2montarnt2montrannt1montrantt1montratn2
Edit distance from "montrant"

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 "montrant"?
"montrant" is spelled M-O-N-T-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\.
What does "montrant" mean?
As a verb, "montrant" means: Participe présent de montrer.
What words are commonly confused with "montrant"?
"montrant" is commonly confused with "mourant", "montrent", "montrons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "montrant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "montrant" is \mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "montrant" come from?
"montrant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "montrant", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list