Which to use
“chanté” and “chantées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,353
- “chanté” frequency rank
- #42,227
- “chantées” frequency rank
- 50580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chanté | chantées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chanter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe chanter. |
Same sound, different letters: chanté vs chantées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - chanté and chantées
This is the hard kind. chanté and chantées are pronounced identically (\ʃɑ̃.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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “chanté” sits inside “chantées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chanté is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.te\. chantées is at rank #42,227, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.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 50580, this pair ranks #161,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chanté vs chantées
Shared letters: achnté. Private to "chanté": -. Private to "chantées": es.
"chanté" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "chantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chanté" and "chantées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chanté" vs "chantées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"chanté" and "chantées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chanté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chantées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chanté" and "chantées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chantées vs chassées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #161,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.