Which to use
“montrée” and “montrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,446
- “montrée” frequency rank
- #30,269
- “montrées” frequency rank
- 45715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrée | montrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de montrer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de montrer. |
Same sound, different letters: montrée vs montrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. montrée runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against montrées's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - montrée / montrées
This is the hard kind. montrée and montrées are pronounced identically (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “montrée” sits inside “montrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montrée is recorded at frequency rank #15,446, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁe\. montrées is at rank #30,269, 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 45715, this pair ranks #200,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrée vs montrées
Shared letters: emnorté. Private to "montrée": -. Private to "montrées": s.
"montrée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "montrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrée" for "montrées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montrée" vs "montrées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrée" and "montrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montrées vs Montreux". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #200,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.