Which to use
“contentée” and “contentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,572
- “contentée” frequency rank
- #43,862
- “contentés” frequency rank
- 93434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contentée | contentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contenter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contenter. |
Same sound, different letters: contentée vs contentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. contentée (CVCCVCCVV) and contentés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - contentée and contentés
This is the hard kind. contentée and contentés are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.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 a single letter - e in “contentée” becomes s in “contentés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contentée is recorded at frequency rank #49,572, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\. contentés is at rank #43,862, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.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 93434, this pair ranks #2,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contentée vs contentés
Shared letters: cenoté. Private to "contentée": -. Private to "contentés": s.
"contentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "contentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contentée" and "contentés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "contentée" or "contentés"?
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 "contentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contentée" and "contentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condensée vs contentée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,280 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.