Which to use
“raconté” and “racontez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,069
- “raconté” frequency rank
- #20,542
- “racontez” frequency rank
- 25611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconté | racontez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de raconter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: raconté vs racontez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. raconté runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against racontez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - raconté and racontez
This is the hard kind. raconté and racontez 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25611, 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\. racontez is at rank #20,542, 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 25611, this pair ranks #339,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raconté vs racontez
Shared letters: acnort. Private to "raconté": é. Private to "racontez": ez.
"raconté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "racontez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- racontez ← arcontez · raccontez · racnotez · raconetz · raconntez · racontezz · raconttez · racontze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "raconté" and "racontez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "raconté" or "racontez" show up more?
Useful next steps
"raconté" and "racontez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "raconté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "racontez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconté" and "racontez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontés vs racontez". 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 #339,856 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.