Which to use
“montées” is an adjective and “monter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,983
- “montées” frequency rank
- #1,668
- “monter” frequency rank
- 16651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montées | monter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de monté. | Se déplacer vers le haut, se transporter dans un lieu plus élevé, s’élever, gravir, grimper. |
Same sound, different letters: montées vs monter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. montées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against monter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - montées / monter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: montées and monter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɔ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montées is recorded at frequency rank #14,983, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ̃.te\. monter is at rank #1,668, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.te\.
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 16651, this pair ranks #386,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of montées vs monter
Shared letters: emnot. Private to "montées": sé. Private to "monter": r.
"montées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "monter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- monter ← mmonter · mnoter · monetr · monnter · montter · motner · omnter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montées" for "monter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montées" vs "monter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "montées" / "monter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "montées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "monter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montées" and "monter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montais vs montées". 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 #386,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.