montéevsmontréesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: montée is a noun, montrées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“montée” is a noun and “montrées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,089
“montée” frequency rank
#30,269
“montrées” frequency rank
33358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature montée montrées
Definition Action de monter. Participe passé féminin pluriel de montrer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set montée and montrées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
montée
8 ch
montrées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: montée is \mɔ̃.te\ while montrées is \mɔ̃.tʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33358, 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\. montrées is at rank #30,269, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁe\.

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 33358, this pair ranks #291,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of montée vs montrées

Shared letters: emnoté. Private to "montée": -. Private to "montrées": rs.

"montée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "montrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC

Frequency comparison

montée#3,089
montrées#30,269

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "montée" and "montrées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "montée" is a noun and "montrées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "montée" or "montrées"?
"montée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,089 in our French list, against #30,269 for "montrées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering montée vs montrées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “montée”; for a verb, it's “montrées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “montée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list