montréesvsmontrentConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,269
“montrées” frequency rank
#2,937
“montrent” frequency rank
33206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature montrées montrent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de montrer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de montrer.

Where the eye mixes montrées and montrent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montrées (CVCCCVVC) and montrent (CVCCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
montrées
8 ch
montrent

Visual trap between montrées and montrent

A purely visual mix-up. montrées (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) and montrent (\mɔ̃tʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

montrées is recorded at frequency rank #30,269, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁe\. montrent is at rank #2,937, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃tʁ\.

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 33206, this pair ranks #292,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of montrées vs montrent

Shared letters: emnort. Private to "montrées": . Private to "montrent": -.

"montrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "montrent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montrentmmontrent · mnotrent · monntrent · monrtent · monternt · montrennt · montrentt · montretn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "montrées" for "montrent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ̃.tʁe\ versus \mɔ̃tʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "montrées" vs "montrent" - which ranks higher?
"montrent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our French list, against #30,269 for "montrées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "montrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #292,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "montrées" and "montrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montrées vs Montreux". 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 #292,173 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