Which to use
“mettrai” and “mettrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,681
- “mettrai” frequency rank
- #12,813
- “mettrait” frequency rank
- 28494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettrai | mettrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de mettre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. |
Where the eye mixes mettrai and mettrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mettrai runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) 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 mettrai with mettrait
A purely visual mix-up. mettrai (\mɛ.tʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “mettrai” sits inside “mettrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettrai is recorded at frequency rank #15,681, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁe\. 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 28494, this pair ranks #322,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettrai vs mettrait
Shared letters: aeimrt. Private to "mettrai": -. Private to "mettrait": -.
"mettrai" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "mettrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mettrai" for "mettrait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mettrai" or "mettrait"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettrai" 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 #322,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettrai" 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 #322,425 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.