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

#30,269
“montrées” frequency rank
#29,869
“montrons” frequency rank
60138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes montrées and montrons

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

8 ch
montrées
8 ch
montrons

Why the eye confuses montrées with montrons

A purely visual mix-up. montrées (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) and montrons (\mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60138, 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\. montrons is at rank #29,869, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃\.

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 60138, this pair ranks #99,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of montrées vs montrons

Shared letters: mnorst. Private to "montrées": . Private to "montrons": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montronsmmontrons · mnotrons · monntrons · monrtons · montorns · montrnos · montronns · montronss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "montrées" and "montrons" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ̃.tʁe\ versus \mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "montrées" or "montrons"?
"montrons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,869 in our French list, against #30,269 for "montrées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "montrées" and "montrons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "montrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montrons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "montrées" and "montrons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montons vs montrons". 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 #99,251 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