Which to use
“constater” and “constatés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,525
- “constater” frequency rank
- #21,277
- “constatés” frequency rank
- 24802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | constater | constatés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établir pour réel. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de constater. |
Same sound, different letters: constater vs constatés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: constater vs constatés
This is the hard kind. constater and constatés 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 24802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
constater is recorded at frequency rank #3,525, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ta.te\. constatés is at rank #21,277, 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 24802, this pair ranks #344,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of constater vs constatés
Shared letters: acnost. Private to "constater": er. Private to "constatés": é.
"constater" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "constatés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- constater ← cconstater · cnostater · connstater · consatter · consstater · constaetr · constaterr · constatre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "constater" for "constatés" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "constater" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "constatés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "constater" and "constatés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constatés 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 #344,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.