Which to use
“contestées” is a verb and “contextes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,186
- “contestées” frequency rank
- #15,114
- “contextes” frequency rank
- 48300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contestées | contextes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contester. | Pluriel de contexte. |
Where the eye mixes contestées and contextes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between contestées and contextes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: contestées is \kɔ̃.tɛs.te\ while contextes is \kɔ̃.tɛkst\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48300, 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\. contextes is at rank #15,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛkst\.
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 48300, this pair ranks #179,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contestées vs contextes
Shared letters: cenost. Private to "contestées": é. Private to "contextes": x.
"contestées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "contextes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contextes ← ccontextes · cnotextes · conetxtes · conntextes · contetxes · contexets · contextess · contextse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contestées" for "contextes" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "contestées" or "contextes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "contestées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contextes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contestées" and "contextes" 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 #179,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.