Which to use
“captée” and “captent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,691
- “captée” frequency rank
- #37,710
- “captent” frequency rank
- 77401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captée | captent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe capter. |
Where the eye mixes captée and captent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between captée and captent
A purely visual mix-up. captée (\kap.te\) and captent (\kapt\) 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 77401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captée is recorded at frequency rank #39,691, classified as averb, pronounced \kap.te\. captent is at rank #37,710, tagged as averb, pronounced \kapt\.
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 77401, this pair ranks #28,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captée vs captent
Shared letters: acept. Private to "captée": é. Private to "captent": n.
"captée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "captent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- captent ← acptent · capetnt · capptent · captennt · captentt · captetn · captnet · capttent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "captée" for "captent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "captée" vs "captent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "captée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captée" and "captent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captée vs cryptée". 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 #28,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.