montréevsmontreraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#15,446
“montrée” frequency rank
#18,001
“montrera” frequency rank
33447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature montrée montrera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de montrer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de montrer.

Where the eye mixes montrée and montrera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montrée runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against montrera's 8 (CVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
montrée
8 ch
montrera

Look-alike desk: montrée vs montrera

A purely visual mix-up. montrée (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) and montrera (\mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa\) 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 33447, 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\. montrera is at rank #18,001, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa\.

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 33447, this pair ranks #290,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of montrée vs montrera

Shared letters: emnort. Private to "montrée": é. Private to "montrera": a.

"montrée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "montrera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montrera ← mmontrera · mnotrera · monntrera · monrtera · monterra · montrear · montrerra · montrrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "montrée" for "montrera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ̃.tʁe\ versus \mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "montrée" or "montrera"?
"montrée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,446 in our French list, against #18,001 for "montrera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "montrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montrera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "montrée" and "montrera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montrera vs montrerait". 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 #290,581 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