Which to use
“chantée” and “chantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,513
- “chantée” frequency rank
- #30,516
- “chantes” frequency rank
- 55029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chantée | chantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe chanter. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chanter. |
Where the eye mixes chantée and chantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. chantée (CCVCCVV) and chantes (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between chantée and chantes
A purely visual mix-up. chantée (\ʃɑ̃.te\) and chantes (\ʃɑ̃t\) 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 55029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chantée is recorded at frequency rank #24,513, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.te\. chantes is at rank #30,516, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɑ̃t\.
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 55029, this pair ranks #130,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chantée vs chantes
Shared letters: acehnt. Private to "chantée": é. Private to "chantes": s.
"chantée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chantes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chantes ← cahntes · cchantes · chanets · channtes · chantess · chantse · chanttes · chatnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chantée" for "chantes" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chantée" or "chantes" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chantée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chantée" and "chantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chantes vs chantres". 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 #130,118 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.