Which to use
“contacté” and “contactée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,805
- “contacté” frequency rank
- #24,920
- “contactée” frequency rank
- 32725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contacté | contactée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de contacter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de contacter. |
Same sound, different letters: contacté vs contactée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. contacté runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against contactée's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - contacté / contactée
This is the hard kind. contacté and contactée are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tak.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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “contacté” sits inside “contactée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contacté is recorded at frequency rank #7,805, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tak.te\. contactée is at rank #24,920, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tak.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 32725, this pair ranks #295,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contacté vs contactée
Shared letters: acnoté. Private to "contacté": -. Private to "contactée": e.
"contacté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "contactée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contacté" for "contactée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "contacté" vs "contactée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"contacté" and "contactée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "contacté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contactée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contacté" and "contactée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contactée vs contentée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #295,350 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.