Which to use
“contestées” and “contestent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,186
- “contestées” frequency rank
- #28,115
- “contestent” frequency rank
- 61301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contestées | contestent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contester. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contester. |
Where the eye mixes contestées and contestent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. contestées (CVCCVCCVVC) and contestent (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: contestées vs contestent
A purely visual mix-up. contestées (\kɔ̃.tɛs.te\) and contestent (\kɔ̃.tɛst\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contestées is recorded at frequency rank #33,186, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛs.te\. contestent is at rank #28,115, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛst\.
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 61301, this pair ranks #92,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contestées vs contestent
Shared letters: cenost. Private to "contestées": é. Private to "contestent": -.
"contestées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "contestent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contestent ← ccontestent · cnotestent · conetstent · conntestent · contesetnt · contesstent · contestennt · contestentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contestées" for "contestent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contestées" or "contestent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "contestées" and "contestent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contestées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contestent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contestées" and "contestent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contentée vs contestées". 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 #92,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.