Which to use
“congés” and “contes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,826
- “congés” frequency rank
- #6,803
- “contes” frequency rank
- 15629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congés | contes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de congé. | Pluriel de conte. |
Where the eye mixes congés and contes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: congés vs contes
A purely visual mix-up. congés (\kɔ̃.ʒe\) and contes (\kɔ̃t\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congés is recorded at frequency rank #8,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ʒe\. contes is at rank #6,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\.
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 15629, this pair ranks #391,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of congés vs contes
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "congés": gé. Private to "contes": et.
"congés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "contes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contes ← ccontes · cnotes · conets · conntes · contess · contse · conttes · cotnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "congés" and "contes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "congés" vs "contes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "congés" and "contes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "congés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congés" and "contes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congés vs courges". 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 #391,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.