Which to use
“montures” and “mouture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,450
- “montures” frequency rank
- #26,803
- “mouture” frequency rank
- 56253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | montures | mouture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de monture. | Action de moudre du blé, mais aussi d’autres grains. |
Where the eye mixes montures and mouture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. montures runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against mouture's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: montures vs mouture
A purely visual mix-up. montures (\mɔ̃.tyʁ\) and mouture (\mu.tyʁ\) 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 56253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
montures is recorded at frequency rank #29,450, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃.tyʁ\. mouture is at rank #26,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mu.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 56253, this pair ranks #122,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of montures vs mouture
Shared letters: emortu. Private to "montures": ns. Private to "mouture": -.
"montures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "mouture" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "montures" and "mouture" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "montures" vs "mouture" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "montures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "montures" and "mouture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meutre vs mouture". 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 #122,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.