Which to use
“mettraient” and “mettrais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,157
- “mettraient” frequency rank
- #14,980
- “mettrais” frequency rank
- 50137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettraient | mettrais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel de mettre. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. |
Same sound, different letters: mettraient vs mettrais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mettraient runs 10 letters (CVCCCVVVCC) against mettrais's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mettraient / mettrais
This is the hard kind. mettraient and mettrais are pronounced identically (\mɛ.tʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettraient is recorded at frequency rank #35,157, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁɛ\. 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 50137, this pair ranks #165,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettraient vs mettrais
Shared letters: aeimrt. Private to "mettraient": n. Private to "mettrais": s.
"mettraient" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVVVCC · "mettrais" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mettraient ← emttraient · metraient · metrtaient · mettarient · mettraeint · mettraiennt · mettraientt · mettraietn
- mettrais ← emttrais · metrais · metrtais · mettaris · mettraiss · mettrasi · mettrias · mettrrais
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettraient" and "mettrais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mettraient" vs "mettrais" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"mettraient" and "mettrais" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettraient" 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 #165,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettraient" 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 #165,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.