Which to use
“contractées” and “contractés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,250
- “contractées” frequency rank
- #44,952
- “contractés” frequency rank
- 92202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contractées | contractés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de contracté. | Masculin pluriel de contracté. |
Same sound, different letters: contractées vs contractés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. contractées runs 11 letters (CVCCCVCCVVC) against contractés's 10 (CVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - contractées and contractés
This is the hard kind. contractées and contractés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contractées is recorded at frequency rank #47,250, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁak.te\. contractés is at rank #44,952, 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 92202, this pair ranks #3,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contractées vs contractés
Shared letters: acnorsté. Private to "contractées": e. Private to "contractés": -.
"contractées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVC · "contractés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "contractées" / "contractés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "contractées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contractés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contractées" and "contractés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contractées vs contrastés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #3,193 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.