Which to use
“raconté” and “racontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,069
- “raconté” frequency rank
- #47,547
- “racontés” frequency rank
- 52616
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconté | racontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de raconter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: raconté vs racontés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. raconté runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against racontés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - raconté / racontés
This is the hard kind. raconté and racontés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “raconté” sits inside “racontés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52616, 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\. racontés is at rank #47,547, 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 52616, this pair ranks #146,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raconté vs racontés
Shared letters: acnorté. Private to "raconté": -. Private to "racontés": s.
"raconté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raconté" and "racontés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "raconté" vs "racontés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "racontés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconté" and "racontés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontais vs racontés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #146,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.