montrésvsmonturesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: montrés is a verb, montures is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“montrés” is a verb and “montures” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,344
“montrés” frequency rank
#29,450
“montures” frequency rank
48794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature montrés montures
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de montrer. Pluriel de monture.

Where the eye mixes montrés and montures

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montrés runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against montures's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
montrés
8 ch
montures

Visual trap between montrés and montures

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: montrés is \mɔ̃.tʁe\ while montures is \mɔ̃.tyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48794, 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\. montures is at rank #29,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃.tyʁ\.

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 48794, this pair ranks #175,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of montrés vs montures

Shared letters: mnorst. Private to "montrés": é. Private to "montures": eu.

"montrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "montures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • monturesmmontures · mnotures · monntures · montrues · monttures · montuers · monturess · monturres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "montrés" and "montures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "montrés" is a verb and "montures" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "montrés" vs "montures" - which ranks higher?
"montrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,344 in our French list, against #29,450 for "montures". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "montrés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #175,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "montrés" and "montures" 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 #175,983 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