Which to use
“montée” and “month” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,089
- “montée” frequency rank
- #45,178
- “month” frequency rank
- 48267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montée | month |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de monter. | Mois. |
Where the eye mixes montée and month
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. montée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against month's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses montée with month
A purely visual mix-up. montée (\mɔ̃.te\) and month (\mʌnθ\) 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 48267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montée is recorded at frequency rank #3,089, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃.te\. month is at rank #45,178, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mʌnθ\.
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 48267, this pair ranks #180,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montée vs month
Shared letters: mnot. Private to "montée": eé. Private to "month": h.
"montée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "month" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- month ← mmonth · mnoth · monht · monnth · monthh · montth · motnh · omnth
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montée" for "month" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montée" vs "month" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "montée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "month" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montée" and "month" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "month vs Monza". 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 #180,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.