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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettrait" and "mettront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mettrait" or "mettront" show up more?
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.