constatéevsconstaterTell them apart

Which to use

“constatée” and “constater” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,100
“constatée” frequency rank
#3,525
“constater” frequency rank
19625
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constatée constater
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de constater. Établir pour réel.

Same sound, different letters: constatée vs constater

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

9 ch
constatée
9 ch
constater

Homophone desk: constatée vs constater

This is the hard kind. constatée and constater are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃s.ta.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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

constatée is recorded at frequency rank #16,100, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ta.te\. constater is at rank #3,525, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ta.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 19625, this pair ranks #372,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of constatée vs constater

Shared letters: acenost. Private to "constatée": é. Private to "constater": r.

"constatée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV  ·  "constater" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • constatercconstater · cnostater · connstater · consatter · consstater · constaetr · constaterr · constatre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "constatée" for "constater" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃s.ta.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "constatée" or "constater"?
"constater" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,525 in our French list, against #16,100 for "constatée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "constatée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "constater" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constatée" and "constater" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constatée vs constatez". 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 #372,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list