Which to use
“mettes” and “mettons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,626
- “mettes” frequency rank
- #6,715
- “mettons” frequency rank
- 41341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettes | mettons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mette. | Pluriel de metton. |
Where the eye mixes mettes and mettons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mettes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against mettons's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mettes and mettons
A purely visual mix-up. mettes (\mɛt\) and mettons (\me.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettes is recorded at frequency rank #34,626, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛt\. mettons is at rank #6,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.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 41341, this pair ranks #233,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettes vs mettons
Shared letters: emst. Private to "mettes": -. Private to "mettons": no.
"mettes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mettons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mettes" and "mettons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mettes" vs "mettons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mettes" and "mettons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mettons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettes" and "mettons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mettes vs muettes". 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 #233,804 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.