Which to use
“contexte” and “contextes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,358
- “contexte” frequency rank
- #15,114
- “contextes” frequency rank
- 16472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contexte | contextes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses. | Pluriel de contexte. |
Same sound, different letters: contexte vs contextes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - contexte and contextes
This is the hard kind. contexte and contextes are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tɛkst\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “contexte” sits inside “contextes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contexte is recorded at frequency rank #1,358, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛkst\. 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 16472, this pair ranks #387,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contexte vs contextes
Shared letters: cenotx. Private to "contexte": -. Private to "contextes": s.
"contexte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "contextes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contexte" for "contextes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contexte" or "contextes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "contexte" 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 #387,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contexte" and "contextes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contentée vs contextes". 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 #387,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.