Which to use
“montante” is a noun and “montantes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,912
- “montante” frequency rank
- #41,904
- “montantes” frequency rank
- 61816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montante | montantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Culotte. | Féminin pluriel de montant. |
Same sound, different letters: montante vs montantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. montante runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against montantes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: montante vs montantes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: montante and montantes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɔ̃.tɑ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “montante” sits inside “montantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montante is recorded at frequency rank #19,912, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃.tɑ̃t\. 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 61816, this pair ranks #90,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of montante vs montantes
Shared letters: aemnot. Private to "montante": -. Private to "montantes": s.
"montante" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "montantes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montante" for "montantes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montante" vs "montantes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "montante" / "montantes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "montante" 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 #90,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montante" and "montantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentant vs montante". 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 #90,273 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.