Which to use
“acte” and “actée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,353
- “acte” frequency rank
- #47,712
- “actée” frequency rank
- 49065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acte | actée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Résultat d’une action, opération accomplie. | Plante de la famille des renonculacées, qui peut atteindre jusqu’à 2.5 m de hauteur, et est originaire des sous-bois ombragés du sud-est du Canada et du nord-est des États-Unis. |
Where the eye mixes acte and actée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acte runs 4 letters (VCCV) against actée's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses acte with actée
A purely visual mix-up. acte (\akt\) and actée (\ak.te\) 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 49065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acte is recorded at frequency rank #1,353, classified as anoun, pronounced \akt\. actée is at rank #47,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ak.te\.
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 49065, this pair ranks #173,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acte vs actée
Shared letters: acet. Private to "acte": -. Private to "actée": é.
"acte" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "actée" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acte ← accte · acet · actte · atce · cate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acte" for "actée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acte" or "actée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acte" and "actée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "actée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acte" and "actée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aces vs actée". 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 #173,761 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.