Which to use
“chantées” and “chantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,227
- “chantées” frequency rank
- #30,516
- “chantes” frequency rank
- 72743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chantées | chantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe chanter. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chanter. |
Where the eye mixes chantées and chantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. chantées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against chantes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: chantées vs chantes
A purely visual mix-up. chantées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chantées is recorded at frequency rank #42,227, 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 72743, this pair ranks #42,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chantées vs chantes
Shared letters: acehnst. Private to "chantées": é. Private to "chantes": -.
"chantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "chantes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chantes ← cahntes · cchantes · chanets · channtes · chantess · chantse · chanttes · chatnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chantées" and "chantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chantées" or "chantes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chantées" and "chantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chantées" 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 #42,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chantées" and "chantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chantées vs chassées". 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 #42,929 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.