mettravsmettrezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“mettra” and “mettrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,414
“mettra” frequency rank
#41,895
“mettrez” frequency rank
48309
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mettra mettrez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de mettre.

Where the eye mixes mettra and mettrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mettra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against mettrez's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
mettra
7 ch
mettrez

Look-alike desk: mettra vs mettrez

A purely visual mix-up. mettra (\mɛ.tʁa\) and mettrez (\mɛ.tʁe\) 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 48309, 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\. mettrez is at rank #41,895, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁe\.

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 48309, this pair ranks #179,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mettra vs mettrez

Shared letters: emrt. Private to "mettra": a. Private to "mettrez": z.

"mettra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "mettrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mettraemttra · metra · metrta · mettar · mettrra · mmettra · mtetra
  • mettrezemttrez · metrez · metrtez · metterz · mettrezz · mettrrez · mettrze · mmettrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mettra" and "mettrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɛ.tʁa\ versus \mɛ.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mettra" or "mettrez"?
"mettra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,414 in our French list, against #41,895 for "mettrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mettra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mettrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mettra" and "mettrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mettrez vs meutre". 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 #179,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list