Which to use
“compter” and “comptez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,323
- “compter” frequency rank
- #10,472
- “comptez” frequency rank
- 11795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | compter | comptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déterminer (une quantité, un nombre), plus particulièrement par un dénombrement, sinon par un calcul. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de compter. |
Same sound, different letters: compter vs comptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: compter vs comptez
This is the hard kind. compter and comptez are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “compter” becomes z in “comptez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
compter is recorded at frequency rank #1,323, classified as averb, 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 11795, this pair ranks #407,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of compter vs comptez
Shared letters: cemopt. Private to "compter": r. Private to "comptez": z.
"compter" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "comptez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "compter" and "comptez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "compter" or "comptez" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "compter" / "comptez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "compter" 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 #407,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "compter" and "comptez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comptées vs comptez". 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 #407,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.