Which to use
“mettrait” and “montrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,813
- “mettrait” frequency rank
- #11,622
- “montrait” frequency rank
- 24435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettrait | montrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de mettre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes mettrait and montrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mettrait and montrait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mettrait with montrait
A purely visual mix-up. mettrait (\mɛ.tʁɛ\) and montrait (\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 24435, 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\. montrait is at rank #11,622, 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 24435, this pair ranks #346,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mettrait vs montrait
Shared letters: aimrt. Private to "mettrait": e. Private to "montrait": no.
"mettrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "montrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettrait" and "montrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mettrait" or "montrait"?
Useful next steps
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 "montrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettrait" and "montrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montais vs montrait". 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 #346,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.