montravsmontréeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“montra” and “montrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,615
“montra” frequency rank
#15,446
“montrée” frequency rank
39061
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature montra montrée
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de montrer. Participe passé féminin singulier de montrer.

Where the eye mixes montra and montrée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. montra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against montrée's 7 (CVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
montra
7 ch
montrée

Look-alike desk: montra vs montrée

A purely visual mix-up. montra (\mɔ̃.tʁa\) and montrée (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) 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 39061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

montra is recorded at frequency rank #23,615, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁa\. montrée is at rank #15,446, 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 39061, this pair ranks #250,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of montra vs montrée

Shared letters: mnort. Private to "montra": a. Private to "montrée": eé.

"montra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "montrée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montra ← mmontra · mnotra · monntra · monrta · montar · montrra · monttra · motnra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "montra" and "montrée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ̃.tʁa\ versus \mɔ̃.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "montra" or "montrée"?
"montrée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,446 in our French list, against #23,615 for "montra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "montra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "montra" and "montrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montra 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 #250,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list