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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.

8 ch
montrera
7 ch
montrés

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": .

"montrera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "montrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montrerammontrera · mnotrera · monntrera · monrtera · monterra · montrear · montrerra · montrrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "montrera" for "montrés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa\ versus \mɔ̃.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "montrera" or "montrés" show up more?
"montrera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,001 in our French list, against #19,344 for "montrés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list