Which to use
“racontais” and “racontées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,557
- “racontais” frequency rank
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- 81053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontais | racontées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de raconter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. |
Where the eye mixes racontais and racontées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. racontais and racontées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between racontais and racontées
A purely visual mix-up. racontais (\ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ\) and racontées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racontais is recorded at frequency rank #42,557, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ\. racontées is at rank #38,496, 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 81053, this pair ranks #19,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racontais vs racontées
Shared letters: acnorst. Private to "racontais": i. Private to "racontées": eé.
"racontais" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- racontais ← arcontais · raccontais · racnotais · raconatis · raconntais · racontaiss · racontasi · racontias
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racontais" and "racontées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "racontais" vs "racontées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "racontais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "racontées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontais" and "racontées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontais 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 #19,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.