Which to use
“montant” and “montantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,744
- “montant” frequency rank
- #41,904
- “montantes” frequency rank
- 43648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montant | montantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui monte. | Féminin pluriel de montant. |
Where the eye mixes montant and montantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. montant runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against montantes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: montant vs montantes
A purely visual mix-up. montant (\mɔ̃.tɑ̃\) and montantes (\mɔ̃.tɑ̃t\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “montant” sits inside “montantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montant is recorded at frequency rank #1,744, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.tɑ̃\. montantes is at rank #41,904, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.tɑ̃t\.
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 43648, this pair ranks #216,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montant vs montantes
Shared letters: amnot. Private to "montant": -. Private to "montantes": es.
"montant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "montantes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montant" and "montantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "montant" or "montantes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "montant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montant" and "montantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montante vs montantes". 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 #216,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.