Which to use
“montée” and “monts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,089
- “montée” frequency rank
- #9,876
- “monts” frequency rank
- 12965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montée | monts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de monter. | Pluriel de mont. |
Where the eye mixes montée and monts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. montée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against monts'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 monts
A purely visual mix-up. montée (\mɔ̃.te\) and monts (\mɔ̃\) 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 12965, 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\. monts is at rank #9,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃\.
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 12965, this pair ranks #402,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of montée vs monts
Shared letters: mnot. Private to "montée": eé. Private to "monts": s.
"montée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "monts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- monts ← mmonts · mnots · monnts · monst · montss · montts · motns · omnts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montée" for "monts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montée" vs "monts" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "montée" and "monts" 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 "monts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montée" and "monts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monts 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 #402,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.