Which to use
“mettra” and “mettras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,414
- “mettra” frequency rank
- #41,894
- “mettras” frequency rank
- 48308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettra | mettras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. |
Same sound, different letters: mettra vs mettras
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mettra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against mettras's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mettra / mettras
This is the hard kind. mettra and mettras are pronounced identically (\mɛ.tʁa\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “mettra” sits inside “mettras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48308, 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\. mettras is at rank #41,894, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁa\.
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 48308, this pair ranks #179,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettra vs mettras
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "mettra": -. Private to "mettras": s.
"mettra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mettras" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettra" and "mettras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mettra" or "mettras" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mettras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettra" and "mettras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mettras vs mettrez". 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 #179,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.