Which to use
“comptez” and “conter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,472
- “comptez” frequency rank
- #30,538
- “conter” frequency rank
- 41010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comptez | conter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de compter. | Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation. |
Same sound, different letters: comptez vs conter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - comptez / conter
This is the hard kind. comptez and conter 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comptez is recorded at frequency rank #10,472, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.te\. conter is at rank #30,538, 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 41010, this pair ranks #236,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comptez vs conter
Shared letters: ceot. Private to "comptez": mpz. Private to "conter": nr.
"comptez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "conter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comptez" and "conter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "comptez" vs "conter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "comptez" / "conter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "comptez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comptez" and "conter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs conter". 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 #236,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.