Which to use
“contentée” and “contentez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,572
- “contentée” frequency rank
- #38,223
- “contentez” frequency rank
- 87795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contentée | contentez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contenter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenter. |
Same sound, different letters: contentée vs contentez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - contentée and contentez
This is the hard kind. contentée and contentez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87795, 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\. contentez is at rank #38,223, 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 87795, this pair ranks #7,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contentée vs contentez
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "contentée": é. Private to "contentez": z.
"contentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "contentez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contentez ← ccontentez · cnotentez · conetntez · conntentez · contenetz · contenntez · contentezz · contenttez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contentée" for "contentez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contentée" or "contentez"?
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 "contentez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contentée" and "contentez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condensée vs contentée". 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 #7,802 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.