Which to use
“mentions” and “menton” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,864
- “mentions” frequency rank
- #8,737
- “menton” frequency rank
- 16601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentions | menton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mention. | Partie inférieure de la face située au-dessous de la lèvre inférieure, et qui, bien apparente chez l’être humain, diminue chez le singe, et disparaît à peu près complètement chez les animaux à museau allongé. |
Where the eye mixes mentions and menton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mentions runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against menton's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mentions vs menton
A purely visual mix-up. mentions (\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\) and menton (\mɑ̃.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentions is recorded at frequency rank #7,864, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. menton is at rank #8,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.tɔ̃\.
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 16601, this pair ranks #387,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mentions vs menton
Shared letters: emnot. Private to "mentions": is. Private to "menton": -.
"mentions" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "menton" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mentions" and "menton" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mentions" vs "menton" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "menton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentions" and "menton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentant vs menton". 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 #387,088 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.