Which to use
“contestées” and “contester” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,186
- “contestées” frequency rank
- #9,806
- “contester” frequency rank
- 42992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contestées | contester |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contester. | Mettre en discussion ce que quelqu’un revendique. |
Same sound, different letters: contestées vs contester
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: contestées vs contester
This is the hard kind. contestées and contester 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42992, 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\. contester is at rank #9,806, 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 42992, this pair ranks #221,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contestées vs contester
Shared letters: cenost. Private to "contestées": é. Private to "contester": r.
"contestées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "contester" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contester ← ccontester · cnotester · conetster · conntester · contesetr · contesster · contesterr · contestre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contestées" for "contester" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contestées" or "contester"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "contestées" / "contester". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "contestées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contester" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contestées" and "contester" 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 #221,414 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.