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

#22,217
“constatées” frequency rank
#21,579
“constatent” frequency rank
43796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constatées constatent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de constater. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de constater.

Where the eye mixes constatées and constatent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. constatées (CVCCCVCVVC) and constatent (CVCCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
constatées
10 ch
constatent

Look-alike desk: constatées vs constatent

A purely visual mix-up. constatées (\kɔ̃s.ta.te\) and constatent (\kɔ̃s.tat\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

constatées is recorded at frequency rank #22,217, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ta.te\. constatent is at rank #21,579, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tat\.

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 43796, this pair ranks #215,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of constatées vs constatent

Shared letters: acenost. Private to "constatées": é. Private to "constatent": -.

"constatées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC  ·  "constatent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • constatent ← cconstatent · cnostatent · connstatent · consattent · consstatent · constaetnt · constatennt · constatentt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "constatées" for "constatent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃s.ta.te\ versus \kɔ̃s.tat\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "constatées" or "constatent" show up more?
"constatent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,579 in our French list, against #22,217 for "constatées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "constatées" and "constatent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "constatées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "constatent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constatées" and "constatent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constatées 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 #215,337 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