Which to use
“montées” is an adjective and “montez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,983
- “montées” frequency rank
- #23,943
- “montez” frequency rank
- 38926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montées | montez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de monté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de monter. |
Same sound, different letters: montées vs montez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. montées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against montez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: montées vs montez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: montées and montez 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 38926, 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\. montez is at rank #23,943, 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 38926, this pair ranks #251,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montées vs montez
Shared letters: emnot. Private to "montées": sé. Private to "montez": z.
"montées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "montez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montez ← mmontez · mnotez · monetz · monntez · montezz · monttez · montze · motnez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montées" and "montez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "montées" or "montez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "montées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,803 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montées" and "montez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montez vs mottes". 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 #251,803 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.