Which to use
“comptées” and “compteur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,419
- “comptées” frequency rank
- #7,801
- “compteur” frequency rank
- 56220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comptées | compteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de comptée. | Celui qui compte. |
Where the eye mixes comptées and compteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. comptées and compteur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between comptées and compteur
A purely visual mix-up. comptées (\kɔ̃.te\) and compteur (\kɔ̃.tœʁ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56220, 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\. compteur is at rank #7,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tœʁ\.
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 56220, this pair ranks #122,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comptées vs compteur
Shared letters: cemopt. Private to "comptées": sé. Private to "compteur": ru.
"comptées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "compteur" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- compteur ← ccompteur · cmopteur · commpteur · competur · comppteur · compteru · compteurr · comptteur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comptées" and "compteur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "comptées" or "compteur" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "compteur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comptées" and "compteur" 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 #122,469 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.