mettraitvsmettrontWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#12,813
“mettrait” frequency rank
#17,998
“mettront” frequency rank
30811
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mettrait mettront
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de mettre.

Where the eye mixes mettrait and mettront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
mettrait
8 ch
mettront

Visual trap between mettrait and mettront

A purely visual mix-up. mettrait (\mɛ.tʁɛ\) and mettront (\mɛ.tʁɔ̃\) 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 30811, 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\. mettront is at rank #17,998, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁɔ̃\.

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 30811, this pair ranks #307,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mettrait vs mettront

Shared letters: emrt. Private to "mettrait": ai. Private to "mettront": no.

"mettrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "mettront" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mettraitemttrait · metrait · metrtait · mettarit · mettraitt · mettrati · mettriat · mettrrait
  • mettrontemttront · metront · metrtont · mettornt · mettrnot · mettronnt · mettrontt · mettrotn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mettrait" and "mettront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɛ.tʁɛ\ versus \mɛ.tʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "mettrait" or "mettront" show up more?
"mettrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,813 in our French list, against #17,998 for "mettront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mettrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mettront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #307,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mettrait" and "mettront" 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 #307,842 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