Which to use
“captée” and “capter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,691
- “captée” frequency rank
- #11,009
- “capter” frequency rank
- 50700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captée | capter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capter. | Chercher à obtenir quelque chose, ou à gagner quelqu’un par voie d’insinuation. |
Same sound, different letters: captée vs capter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - captée / capter
This is the hard kind. captée and capter are pronounced identically (\kap.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50700, 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\. capter is at rank #11,009, tagged as averb, pronounced \kap.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 50700, this pair ranks #160,622 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of captée vs capter
Shared letters: acept. Private to "captée": é. Private to "capter": r.
"captée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "capter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- capter ← acpter · capetr · cappter · capterr · captre · captter · catper · ccapter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "captée" for "capter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "captée" or "capter"?
Useful next steps
"captée" and "capter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "captée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,622 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captée" and "capter" 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 #160,622 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.