Which to use
“Montoya” is a name and “montra” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,905
- “Montoya” frequency rank
- #23,615
- “montra” frequency rank
- 65520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Montoya | montra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de montrer. |
Letter map: Montoya vs montra
Shared letters muted; letters that set Montoya and montra apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Montoya runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against montra's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Montoya / montra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Montoya is aname and montraaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Montoya is recorded at frequency rank #41,905, classified as aname. montra is at rank #23,615, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁa\.
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 65520, this pair ranks #71,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Montoya vs montra
Shared letters: amnot. Private to "Montoya": y. Private to "montra": r.
"Montoya" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "montra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Montoya" and "montra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Montoya" or "montra"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Montoya" and "montra".
- Full dictionary entry for "Montoya" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Montoya" and "montra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montons vs Montoya". 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 #71,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.