Which to use
“montant” and “montants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,744
- “montant” frequency rank
- #10,539
- “montants” frequency rank
- 12283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montant | montants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui monte. | Masculin pluriel de montant. |
Same sound, different letters: montant vs montants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: montant vs montants
This is the hard kind. montant and montants are pronounced identically (\mɔ̃.tɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “montant” sits inside “montants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12283, 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\. montants is at rank #10,539, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.tɑ̃\.
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 12283, this pair ranks #405,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of montant vs montants
Shared letters: amnot. Private to "montant": -. Private to "montants": s.
"montant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "montants" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montant" for "montants" ever safe?
Which is more common, "montant" or "montants"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "montant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montant" and "montants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentant vs montants". 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 #405,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.