Which to use
“mente” and “mentent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,068
- “mente” frequency rank
- #14,734
- “mentent” frequency rank
- 46802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mente | mentent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de mentir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de mentir. |
Same sound, different letters: mente vs mentent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mente and mentent
This is the hard kind. mente and mentent are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃t\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mente” sits inside “mentent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mente is recorded at frequency rank #32,068, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃t\. mentent is at rank #14,734, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃t\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 46802, this pair ranks #191,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mente vs mentent
Shared letters: emnt. Private to "mente": -. Private to "mentent": -.
"mente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mentent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mente" and "mentent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mente" or "mentent" show up more?
What to do next
"mente" and "mentent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mente" and "mentent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mente vs meutre". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #191,959 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.