Which to use
“racheté” and “rachetées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,771
- “racheté” frequency rank
- #48,134
- “rachetées” frequency rank
- 58905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racheté | rachetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de racheter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de racheter. |
Same sound, different letters: racheté vs rachetées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. racheté runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against rachetées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - racheté / rachetées
This is the hard kind. racheté and rachetées are pronounced identically (\ʁa.ʃə.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “racheté” sits inside “rachetées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racheté is recorded at frequency rank #10,771, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ʃə.te\. rachetées is at rank #48,134, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ʃə.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 58905, this pair ranks #106,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racheté vs rachetées
Shared letters: acehrté. Private to "racheté": -. Private to "rachetées": s.
"racheté" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "rachetées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racheté" for "rachetées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "racheté" vs "rachetées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"racheté" and "rachetées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "racheté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rachetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racheté" and "rachetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachetées vs rachètent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #106,225 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.