Which to use
“montrer” and “montrerai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #984
- “montrer” frequency rank
- #32,488
- “montrerai” frequency rank
- 33472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrer | montrerai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire voir ; exposer aux regards. | Première personne du singulier du futur de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes montrer and montrerai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. montrer runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against montrerai's 9 (CVCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: montrer vs montrerai
A purely visual mix-up. montrer (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) and montrerai (\mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “montrer” sits inside “montrerai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montrer is recorded at frequency rank #984, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁe\. montrerai is at rank #32,488, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe\.
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 33472, this pair ranks #290,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrer vs montrerai
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "montrer": -. Private to "montrerai": ai.
"montrer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "montrerai" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montrer" and "montrerai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "montrer" or "montrerai"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrerai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrer" and "montrerai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montrerai vs montrerait". 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 #290,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.