Which to use
“contenter” and “contentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,693
- “contenter” frequency rank
- #43,862
- “contentés” frequency rank
- 50555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contenter | contentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre quelqu’un content en lui procurant ce qu’il souhaite avoir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contenter. |
Same sound, different letters: contenter vs contentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - contenter and contentés
This is the hard kind. contenter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contenter is recorded at frequency rank #6,693, 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 50555, this pair ranks #161,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contenter vs contentés
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "contenter": r. Private to "contentés": sé.
"contenter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "contentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contenter ← ccontenter · cnotenter · conetnter · conntenter · contenetr · contennter · contenterr · contentre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contenter" and "contentés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "contenter" or "contentés" 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 "contenter" 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 #161,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contenter" and "contentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contentés vs convenues". 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 #161,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.