Which to use
“contacter” and “contactés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,740
- “contacter” frequency rank
- #29,712
- “contactés” frequency rank
- 34452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contacter | contactés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entrer en contact, en relation avec. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contacter. |
Same sound, different letters: contacter vs contactés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. contacter and contactés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - contacter and contactés
This is the hard kind. contacter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contacter is recorded at frequency rank #4,740, 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 34452, this pair ranks #283,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contacter vs contactés
Shared letters: acnot. Private to "contacter": er. Private to "contactés": sé.
"contacter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "contactés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contacter ← ccontacter · cnotacter · conatcter · conntacter · contaccter · contacetr · contacterr · contactre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contacter" and "contactés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "contacter" or "contactés" show up more?
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 "contacter" 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 #283,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contacter" and "contactés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contactés vs contrastés". 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 #283,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.