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.
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": sé. Private to "montrent": -.
"montrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "montrent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montrent ← mmontrent · mnotrent · monntrent · monrtent · monternt · montrennt · montrentt · montretn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrées" for "montrent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montrées" vs "montrent" - which ranks higher?
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.