Which to use
“montrera” and “montrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,001
- “montrera” frequency rank
- #19,344
- “montrés” frequency rank
- 37345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrera | montrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de montrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes montrera and montrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. montrera runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against montrés's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses montrera with montrés
A purely visual mix-up. montrera (\mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa\) and montrés (\mɔ̃.tʁe\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montrera is recorded at frequency rank #18,001, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa\. montrés is at rank #19,344, 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 37345, this pair ranks #263,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrera vs montrés
Shared letters: mnort. Private to "montrera": ae. Private to "montrés": sé.
"montrera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "montrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montrera ← mmontrera · mnotrera · monntrera · monrtera · monterra · montrear · montrerra · montrrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrera" for "montrés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "montrera" or "montrés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "montrera" and "montrés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "montrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrera" and "montrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "montais vs montrés". 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 #263,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.