comptéesvscomptesTell them apart

Which to use

“comptées” and “comptes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,419
“comptées” frequency rank
#1,251
“comptes” frequency rank
49670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comptées comptes
Definition Pluriel de comptée. Pluriel de compte.

Where the eye mixes comptées and comptes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
comptées
7 ch
comptes

Look-alike desk: comptées vs comptes

A purely visual mix-up. comptées (\kɔ̃.te\) and comptes (\kɔ̃t\) 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 49670, 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\. comptes is at rank #1,251, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\.

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 49670, this pair ranks #168,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comptées vs comptes

Shared letters: cemopst. Private to "comptées": é. Private to "comptes": -.

"comptées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "comptes" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comptesccomptes · cmoptes · commptes · compets · compptes · comptess · comptse · compttes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comptées" and "comptes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.te\ versus \kɔ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comptées" or "comptes"?
"comptes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,251 in our French list, against #48,419 for "comptées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comptées" and "comptes" 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 #168,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list