Which to use
“mettraient” and “montraient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,157
- “mettraient” frequency rank
- #20,790
- “montraient” frequency rank
- 55947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettraient | montraient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel de mettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes mettraient and montraient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mettraient and montraient follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mettraient vs montraient
A purely visual mix-up. mettraient (\mɛ.tʁɛ\) and montraient (\mɔ̃.tʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55947, 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\. montraient is at rank #20,790, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.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 55947, this pair ranks #124,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettraient vs montraient
Shared letters: aeimnrt. Private to "mettraient": -. Private to "montraient": o.
"mettraient" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVVVCC · "montraient" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mettraient ← emttraient · metraient · metrtaient · mettarient · mettraeint · mettraiennt · mettraientt · mettraietn
- montraient ← mmontraient · mnotraient · monntraient · monrtaient · montarient · montraeint · montraiennt · montraientt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettraient" and "montraient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mettraient" vs "montraient" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettraient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montraient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettraient" and "montraient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montraient vs mouraient". 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 #124,171 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.