Which to use
“notées” is an adjective and “noter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,719
- “notées” frequency rank
- #2,842
- “noter” frequency rank
- 33561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notées | noter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de noté. | Marquer d’un trait dans un livre, dans un écrit. |
Same sound, different letters: notées vs noter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - notées and noter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: notées and noter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nɔ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notées is recorded at frequency rank #30,719, classified as anadj, pronounced \nɔ.te\. noter is at rank #2,842, tagged as averb, pronounced \nɔ.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 33561, this pair ranks #289,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of notées vs noter
Shared letters: enot. Private to "notées": sé. Private to "noter": r.
"notées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "noter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- noter ← nnoter · noetr · noterr · notter · ntoer · onter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "notées" for "noter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "notées" vs "noter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "notées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "noter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notées" and "noter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "notées vs noués". 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 #289,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.