Which to use
“montée” is a noun and “montra” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,089
- “montée” frequency rank
- #23,615
- “montra” frequency rank
- 26704
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montée | montra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de monter. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes montée and montra
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. montée (CVCCVV) and montra (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between montée and montra
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: montée is \mɔ̃.te\ while montra is \mɔ̃.tʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26704, 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\. montra is at rank #23,615, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁa\.
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 26704, this pair ranks #333,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of montée vs montra
Shared letters: mnot. Private to "montée": eé. Private to "montra": ar.
"montée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "montra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- montra ← mmontra · mnotra · monntra · monrta · montar · montrra · monttra · motnra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montée" and "montra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "montée" or "montra"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "montée" and "montra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "montée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montée" and "montra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montra 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 #333,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.