Which to use
“montrée” and “montrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,446
- “montrée” frequency rank
- #19,344
- “montrés” frequency rank
- 34790
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrée | montrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de montrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de montrer. |
Same sound, different letters: montrée vs montrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. montrée (CVCCCVV) and montrés (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - montrée and montrés
This is the hard kind. montrée and montrés 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 a single letter - e in “montrée” becomes s in “montrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34790, 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\. montrés is at rank #19,344, 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 34790, this pair ranks #281,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrée vs montrés
Shared letters: mnorté. Private to "montrée": e. Private to "montrés": s.
"montrée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "montrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrée" for "montrés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "montrée" or "montrés" show up more?
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 "montrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrée" and "montrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montais vs montrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #281,351 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.