Which to use
“contactent” and “contactés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,807
- “contactent” frequency rank
- #29,712
- “contactés” frequency rank
- 77519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contactent | contactés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contacter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contacter. |
Where the eye mixes contactent and contactés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. contactent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against contactés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: contactent vs contactés
A purely visual mix-up. contactent (\kɔ̃.takt\) and contactés (\kɔ̃.tak.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contactent is recorded at frequency rank #47,807, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.takt\. 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 77519, this pair ranks #28,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contactent vs contactés
Shared letters: acnot. Private to "contactent": e. Private to "contactés": sé.
"contactent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "contactés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contactent ← ccontactent · cnotactent · conatctent · conntactent · contacctent · contacetnt · contactennt · contactentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contactent" and "contactés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "contactent" or "contactés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "contactent" 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 #28,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contactent" and "contactés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contactent vs contrastent". 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 #28,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.