Which to use
“mettra” and “mettrais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,414
- “mettra” frequency rank
- #14,980
- “mettrais” frequency rank
- 21394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettra | mettrais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. |
Where the eye mixes mettra and mettrais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mettra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against mettrais's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mettra with mettrais
A purely visual mix-up. mettra (\mɛ.tʁa\) and mettrais (\mɛ.tʁɛ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “mettra” sits inside “mettrais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettra is recorded at frequency rank #6,414, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁa\. mettrais is at rank #14,980, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁɛ\.
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 21394, this pair ranks #363,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mettra vs mettrais
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "mettra": -. Private to "mettrais": is.
"mettra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mettrais" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettra" and "mettrais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mettra" or "mettrais" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mettra" and "mettrais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mettrais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettra" and "mettrais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mettrais vs mettras". 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 #363,367 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.