Which to use
“mettre” and “mettrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #227
- “mettre” frequency rank
- #41,895
- “mettrez” frequency rank
- 42122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettre | mettrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Placer une personne, ou un animal, ou une chose dans un lieu déterminé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de mettre. |
Where the eye mixes mettre and mettrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mettre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against mettrez's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mettre and mettrez
A purely visual mix-up. mettre (\mɛtʁ\) and mettrez (\mɛ.tʁe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “mettre” sits inside “mettrez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettre is recorded at frequency rank #227, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛtʁ\. mettrez is at rank #41,895, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁe\.
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 42122, this pair ranks #228,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettre vs mettrez
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "mettre": -. Private to "mettrez": z.
"mettre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mettrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mettre" for "mettrez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mettre" vs "mettrez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mettrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettre" and "mettrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mettrez vs meutre". 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 #228,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.