Which to use
“contactés” and “contactez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,712
- “contactés” frequency rank
- #12,133
- “contactez” frequency rank
- 41845
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contactés | contactez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contacter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contacter. |
Same sound, different letters: contactés vs contactez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. contactés and contactez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - contactés / contactez
This is the hard kind. contactés and contactez 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 41845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contactés is recorded at frequency rank #29,712, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tak.te\. contactez is at rank #12,133, 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 41845, this pair ranks #230,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contactés vs contactez
Shared letters: acnot. Private to "contactés": sé. Private to "contactez": ez.
"contactés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "contactez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contactez ← ccontactez · cnotactez · conatctez · conntactez · contacctez · contacetz · contactezz · contacttez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contactés" and "contactez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "contactés" or "contactez"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "contactés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contactez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contactés" and "contactez" 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 #230,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.