Which to use
“montrait” and “montrant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,622
- “montrait” frequency rank
- #4,962
- “montrant” frequency rank
- 16584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrait | montrant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de montrer. | Participe présent de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes montrait and montrant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. montrait (CVCCCVVC) and montrant (CVCCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between montrait and montrant
A purely visual mix-up. montrait (\mɔ̃.tʁɛ\) and montrant (\mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “montrait” becomes n in “montrant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montrait is recorded at frequency rank #11,622, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁɛ\. montrant is at rank #4,962, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃\.
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 16584, this pair ranks #387,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of montrait vs montrant
Shared letters: amnort. Private to "montrait": i. Private to "montrant": -.
"montrait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "montrant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrait" for "montrant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montrait" vs "montrant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrait" and "montrant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montais vs montrait". 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 #387,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.