Which to use
“contractée” and “contractées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,164
- “contractée” frequency rank
- #47,250
- “contractées” frequency rank
- 71414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contractée | contractées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de contracté. | Féminin pluriel de contracté. |
Same sound, different letters: contractée vs contractées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. contractée runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCCVV) against contractées's 11 (CVCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - contractée and contractées
This is the hard kind. contractée and contractées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁak.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “contractée” sits inside “contractées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contractée is recorded at frequency rank #24,164, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁak.te\. contractées is at rank #47,250, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁak.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 71414, this pair ranks #47,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contractée vs contractées
Shared letters: acenorté. Private to "contractée": -. Private to "contractées": s.
"contractée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVV · "contractées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contractée" and "contractées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "contractée" vs "contractées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "contractée" / "contractées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "contractée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contractées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contractée" and "contractées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contractées vs contrastés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #47,631 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.