Which to use
“contacté” and “contactés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,805
- “contacté” frequency rank
- #29,712
- “contactés” frequency rank
- 37517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contacté | contactés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de contacter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contacter. |
Same sound, different letters: contacté vs contactés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. contacté runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against contactés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - contacté / contactés
This is the hard kind. contacté and contactés 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 “contactés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37517, 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\. contactés is at rank #29,712, 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 37517, this pair ranks #261,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contacté vs contactés
Shared letters: acnoté. Private to "contacté": -. Private to "contactés": s.
"contacté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "contactés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contacté" and "contactés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "contacté" or "contactés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "contacté" / "contactés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "contacté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contactés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contacté" and "contactés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contactés vs contrastés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #261,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.