Which to use
“montrées” and “montrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,269
- “montrées” frequency rank
- #984
- “montrer” frequency rank
- 31253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrées | montrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de montrer. | Faire voir ; exposer aux regards. |
Same sound, different letters: montrées vs montrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. montrées runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against montrer's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: montrées vs montrer
This is the hard kind. montrées and montrer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31253, 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\. montrer is at rank #984, 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 31253, this pair ranks #304,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrées vs montrer
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "montrées": sé. Private to "montrer": -.
"montrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "montrer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montrer ← mmontrer · mnotrer · monntrer · monrter · monterr · montrerr · montrrer · monttrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrées" for "montrer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "montrées" vs "montrer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrées" and "montrer" 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 #304,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.