Which to use
“mettra” and “mettrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,414
- “mettra” frequency rank
- #12,813
- “mettrait” frequency rank
- 19227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettra | mettrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. |
Where the eye mixes mettra and mettrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mettra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against mettrait'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 mettrait
A purely visual mix-up. mettra (\mɛ.tʁa\) and mettrait (\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 “mettrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19227, 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\. mettrait is at rank #12,813, 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 19227, this pair ranks #374,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mettra vs mettrait
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "mettra": -. Private to "mettrait": i.
"mettra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mettrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettra" and "mettrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mettra" vs "mettrait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mettra" and "mettrait" 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 "mettrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettra" and "mettrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentait vs mettrait". 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 #374,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.