Which to use
“montaient” and “montrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,431
- “montaient” frequency rank
- #2,937
- “montrent” frequency rank
- 40368
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montaient | montrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de monter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes montaient and montrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. montaient runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVCC) against montrent's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between montaient and montrent
A purely visual mix-up. montaient (\mɔ̃.tɛ\) and montrent (\mɔ̃tʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montaient is recorded at frequency rank #37,431, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tɛ\. montrent is at rank #2,937, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃tʁ\.
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 40368, this pair ranks #241,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montaient vs montrent
Shared letters: emnot. Private to "montaient": ai. Private to "montrent": r.
"montaient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "montrent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montaient" and "montrent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "montaient" or "montrent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "montaient" and "montrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "montaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,048 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montaient" and "montrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montaient 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 #241,048 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.