Which to use
“comptées” is a noun and “comptez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,419
- “comptées” frequency rank
- #10,472
- “comptez” frequency rank
- 58891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comptées | comptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de comptée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de compter. |
Same sound, different letters: comptées vs comptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - comptées and comptez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: comptées and comptez 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 58891, 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\. comptez is at rank #10,472, 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 58891, this pair ranks #106,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comptées vs comptez
Shared letters: cemopt. Private to "comptées": sé. Private to "comptez": z.
"comptées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "comptez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comptez ← ccomptez · cmoptez · commptez · competz · compptez · comptezz · compttez · comptze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comptées" for "comptez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comptées" vs "comptez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"comptées" and "comptez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "comptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comptez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comptées" and "comptez" 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 #106,293 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.