Which to use
“montre” and “mouture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #691
- “montre” frequency rank
- #26,803
- “mouture” frequency rank
- 27494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montre | mouture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de montrer. | Action de moudre du blé, mais aussi d’autres grains. |
Where the eye mixes montre and mouture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: montre vs mouture
A purely visual mix-up. montre (\mɔ̃tʁ\) and mouture (\mu.tyʁ\) 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 27494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montre is recorded at frequency rank #691, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃tʁ\. mouture is at rank #26,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mu.tyʁ\.
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 27494, this pair ranks #328,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montre vs mouture
Shared letters: emort. Private to "montre": n. Private to "mouture": u.
"montre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mouture" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montre" and "mouture" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "montre" or "mouture"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "montre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #328,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montre" and "mouture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meutre vs mouture". 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 #328,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.