Which to use
“raconta” and “raconté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,991
- “raconta” frequency rank
- #5,069
- “raconté” frequency rank
- 47060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconta | raconté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de raconter. | Participe passé masculin singulier de raconter. |
Where the eye mixes raconta and raconté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. raconta and raconté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between raconta and raconté
A purely visual mix-up. raconta (\ʁa.kɔ̃.ta\) and raconté (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “raconta” becomes é in “raconté”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raconta is recorded at frequency rank #41,991, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.ta\. raconté is at rank #5,069, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.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 47060, this pair ranks #189,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raconta vs raconté
Shared letters: acnort. Private to "raconta": -. Private to "raconté": é.
"raconta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "raconté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- raconta ← arconta · racconta · racnota · raconat · raconnta · racontta · racotna · raocnta
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raconta" and "raconté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "raconta" vs "raconté" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "raconta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raconté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconta" and "raconté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raconta vs racontés". 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 #189,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.