Which to use
“actée” and “actes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,712
- “actée” frequency rank
- #1,552
- “actes” frequency rank
- 49264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actée | actes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de acte. |
Where the eye mixes actée and actes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. actée (VCCVV) and actes (VCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between actée and actes
A purely visual mix-up. actée (\ak.te\) and actes (\akt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
actée is recorded at frequency rank #47,712, classified as anoun, pronounced \ak.te\. actes is at rank #1,552, tagged as anoun, pronounced \akt\.
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 49264, this pair ranks #172,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of actée vs actes
Shared letters: acet. Private to "actée": é. Private to "actes": s.
"actée" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "actes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- actes ← acctes · acets · actess · actse · acttes · atces · cates
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "actée" for "actes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "actée" vs "actes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "actée" and "actes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "actée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "actes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actée" and "actes" 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 #172,072 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.