Which to use
“comptées” is a noun and “compter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,419
- “comptées” frequency rank
- #1,323
- “compter” frequency rank
- 49742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comptées | compter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de comptée. | Déterminer (une quantité, un nombre), plus particulièrement par un dénombrement, sinon par un calcul. |
Same sound, different letters: comptées vs compter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - comptées / compter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: comptées and compter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comptées is recorded at frequency rank #48,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.te\. compter is at rank #1,323, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.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 49742, this pair ranks #168,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comptées vs compter
Shared letters: cemopt. Private to "comptées": sé. Private to "compter": r.
"comptées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "compter" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- compter ← ccompter · cmopter · commpter · competr · comppter · compterr · comptre · comptter
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "comptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "compter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comptées" and "compter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comptées vs comptines". 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 #168,172 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.