Which to use
“raconté” and “racontées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,069
- “raconté” frequency rank
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- 43565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconté | racontées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de raconter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: raconté vs racontées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. raconté runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against racontées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - raconté / racontées
This is the hard kind. raconté and racontées are pronounced identically (\ʁa.kɔ̃.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) - “raconté” sits inside “racontées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raconté is recorded at frequency rank #5,069, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.te\. 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 43565, this pair ranks #217,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raconté vs racontées
Shared letters: acnorté. Private to "raconté": -. Private to "racontées": es.
"raconté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raconté" and "racontées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "raconté" or "racontées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "raconté" 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 #217,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconté" and "racontées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachetées vs racontées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #217,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.