Which to use
“contentés” and “contentez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,862
- “contentés” frequency rank
- #38,223
- “contentez” frequency rank
- 82085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contentés | contentez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de contenter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenter. |
Same sound, different letters: contentés vs contentez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: contentés vs contentez
This is the hard kind. contentés 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 82085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contentés is recorded at frequency rank #43,862, 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 82085, this pair ranks #17,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contentés vs contentez
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "contentés": sé. Private to "contentez": z.
"contentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "contentez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contentez ← ccontentez · cnotentez · conetntez · conntentez · contenetz · contenntez · contentezz · contenttez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contentés" and "contentez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "contentés" 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 "contentés" 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 #17,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contentés" and "contentez" 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 #17,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.