Which to use
“montrés” and “montrons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,344
- “montrés” frequency rank
- #29,869
- “montrons” frequency rank
- 49213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrés | montrons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de montrer. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de montrer. |
Where the eye mixes montrés and montrons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montrés runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against montrons's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses montrés with montrons
A purely visual mix-up. montrés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montrés is recorded at frequency rank #19,344, 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 49213, this pair ranks #172,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrés vs montrons
Shared letters: mnorst. Private to "montrés": é. Private to "montrons": -.
"montrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "montrons" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- montrons ← mmontrons · mnotrons · monntrons · monrtons · montorns · montrnos · montronns · montronss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "montrés" for "montrons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "montrés" or "montrons"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "montrés" and "montrons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrés" 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 #172,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrés" 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 #172,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.