montravsMonzaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: montra is a verb, Monza is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“montra” is a verb and “Monza” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,615
“montra” frequency rank
#49,801
“Monza” frequency rank
73416
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature montra Monza
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de montrer. Commune et ville de la province de Monza et Brianza dans la région de la Lombardie en Italie.

Letter map: montra vs Monza

Shared letters muted; letters that set montra and Monza apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. montra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against Monza's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
montra
5 ch
Monza

Role in the sentence - montra and Monza

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: montra is averb and Monzaaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73416, 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\. Monza is at rank #49,801, tagged as aname.

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 73416, this pair ranks #40,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of montra vs Monza

Shared letters: amno. Private to "montra": rt. Private to "Monza": z.

"montra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "Monza" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montrammontra · mnotra · monntra · monrta · montar · montrra · monttra · motnra
  • Monzammonza · mnoza · monaz · monnza · monzza · mozna · omnza

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "montra" for "Monza" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "montra" is a verb and "Monza" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "montra" vs "Monza" - which ranks higher?
"montra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,615 in our French list, against #49,801 for "Monza". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "montra" and "Monza". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "montra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Monza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "montra" and "Monza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mondo 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 #40,545 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