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.
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
- constater ← cconstater · cnostater · connstater · consatter · consstater · constaetr · constaterr · constatre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "constatée" for "constater" ever safe?
Which is more common, "constatée" or "constater"?
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.