Which to use
“mettrait” and “mettras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,813
- “mettrait” frequency rank
- #41,894
- “mettras” frequency rank
- 54707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettrait | mettras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. |
Where the eye mixes mettrait and mettras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mettrait runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against mettras's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mettrait vs mettras
A purely visual mix-up. mettrait (\mɛ.tʁɛ\) and mettras (\mɛ.tʁa\) 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 54707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettrait is recorded at frequency rank #12,813, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁɛ\. 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 54707, this pair ranks #132,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettrait vs mettras
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "mettrait": i. Private to "mettras": s.
"mettrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "mettras" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mettrait" for "mettras" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mettrait" or "mettras"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettrait" 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 #132,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettrait" 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 #132,218 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.