Which to use
“chantées” and “chantons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,227
- “chantées” frequency rank
- #41,701
- “chantons” frequency rank
- 83928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chantées | chantons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe chanter. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chanter. |
Where the eye mixes chantées and chantons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chantées vs chantons
A purely visual mix-up. chantées (\ʃɑ̃.te\) and chantons (\ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃\) 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 83928, 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\. chantons is at rank #41,701, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃\.
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 83928, this pair ranks #13,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chantées vs chantons
Shared letters: achnst. Private to "chantées": eé. Private to "chantons": o.
"chantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "chantons" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chantons ← cahntons · cchantons · channtons · chanotns · chantnos · chantonns · chantonss · chantosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chantées" and "chantons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chantées" vs "chantons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chantées" and "chantons" 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 "chantons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chantées" and "chantons" 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 #13,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.