Which to use
“montages” is a noun and “montées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,678
- “montages” frequency rank
- #14,983
- “montées” frequency rank
- 31661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montages | montées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de montage. | Féminin pluriel de monté. |
Where the eye mixes montages and montées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montages runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against montées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between montages and montées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: montages is \mɔ̃.taʒ\ while montées is \mɔ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montages is recorded at frequency rank #16,678, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃.taʒ\. montées is at rank #14,983, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.te\.
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 31661, this pair ranks #302,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montages vs montées
Shared letters: emnost. Private to "montages": ag. Private to "montées": é.
"montages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "montées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montages ← mmontages · mnotages · monatges · monntages · montaegs · montagess · montagges · montagse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "montages" and "montées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "montages" vs "montées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "montages" and "montées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "montages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montages" and "montées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montages vs montais". 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 #302,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.