Which to use
“montrées” and “montrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,269
- “montrées” frequency rank
- #13,007
- “montrez” frequency rank
- 43276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrées | montrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de montrer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de montrer. |
Same sound, different letters: montrées vs montrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. montrées runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against montrez's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: montrées vs montrez
This is the hard kind. montrées and montrez 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 43276, 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\. montrez is at rank #13,007, 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 43276, this pair ranks #219,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrées vs montrez
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "montrées": sé. Private to "montrez": z.
"montrées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "montrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montrez ← mmontrez · mnotrez · monntrez · monrtez · monterz · montrezz · montrrez · montrze
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montrées" and "montrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "montrées" or "montrez" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "montrées" / "montrez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrées" and "montrez" 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 #219,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.