Which to use
“montrez” is a verb and “monture” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,007
- “montrez” frequency rank
- #17,195
- “monture” frequency rank
- 30202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montrez | monture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de montrer. | Animal (cheval, âne, mulet, etc.) que l’on monte. |
Where the eye mixes montrez and monture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montrez (CVCCCVC) and monture (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses montrez with monture
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: montrez is \mɔ̃.tʁe\ while monture is \mɔ̃.tyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montrez is recorded at frequency rank #13,007, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ̃.tʁe\. monture is at rank #17,195, 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 30202, this pair ranks #311,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montrez vs monture
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "montrez": z. Private to "monture": u.
"montrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "monture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "montrez" and "monture" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "montrez" vs "monture" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "montrez" and "monture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "montrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "monture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montrez" and "monture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mixture vs monture". 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 #311,869 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.