Which to use
“contestée” and “contestées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,998
- “contestée” frequency rank
- #33,186
- “contestées” frequency rank
- 47184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contestée | contestées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contester. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contester. |
Same sound, different letters: contestée vs contestées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. contestée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against contestées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - contestée and contestées
This is the hard kind. contestée and contestées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tɛs.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 1 extra letter(s) - “contestée” sits inside “contestées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contestée is recorded at frequency rank #13,998, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛs.te\. contestées is at rank #33,186, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛs.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 47184, this pair ranks #188,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contestée vs contestées
Shared letters: cenosté. Private to "contestée": -. Private to "contestées": -.
"contestée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "contestées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contestée" and "contestées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "contestée" or "contestées"?
After this comparison
"contestée" and "contestées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "contestée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contestées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contestée" and "contestées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contentée vs contestées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #188,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.