Which to use
“comptées” and “comptines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,419
- “comptées” frequency rank
- #48,418
- “comptines” frequency rank
- 96837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comptées | comptines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de comptée. | Pluriel de comptine. |
Where the eye mixes comptées and comptines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comptées with comptines
A purely visual mix-up. comptées (\kɔ̃.te\) and comptines (\kɔ̃.tin\) 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 96837, 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\. comptines is at rank #48,418, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tin\.
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 96837, this pair ranks #550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comptées vs comptines
Shared letters: cemopst. Private to "comptées": é. Private to "comptines": in.
"comptées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "comptines" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comptines ← ccomptines · cmoptines · commptines · compitnes · compptines · comptiens · comptiness · comptinnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comptées" and "comptines" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "comptées" or "comptines" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "comptées" and "comptines" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comptines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comptées" and "comptines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compares vs comptées". 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 #550 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.