Which to use
“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.
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?
In ordinary French text, does "constatées" or "constatent" show up more?
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.