Which to use
“montées” is an adjective and “montrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,983
- “montées” frequency rank
- #984
- “montrer” frequency rank
- 15967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montées | montrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de monté. | Faire voir ; exposer aux regards. |
Where the eye mixes montées and montrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. montées (CVCCVVC) and montrer (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between montées and montrer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: montées is \mɔ̃.te\ while montrer is \mɔ̃.tʁe\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15967, 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\. montrer is at rank #984, 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 15967, this pair ranks #390,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of montées vs montrer
Shared letters: emnot. Private to "montées": sé. Private to "montrer": r.
"montées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "montrer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montrer ← mmontrer · mnotrer · monntrer · monrter · monterr · montrerr · montrrer · monttrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montées" and "montrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "montées" vs "montrer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "montées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montées" and "montrer" 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 #390,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.