Which to use
“raconté” is a verb and “récolte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,069
- “raconté” frequency rank
- #5,807
- “récolte” frequency rank
- 10876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconté | récolte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de raconter. | Action de recueillir les produits de la terre. |
Where the eye mixes raconté and récolte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: raconté vs récolte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raconté is \ʁa.kɔ̃.te\ while récolte is \ʁe.kɔlt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10876, 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\. récolte is at rank #5,807, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.kɔlt\.
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 10876, this pair ranks #411,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raconté vs récolte
Shared letters: corté. Private to "raconté": an. Private to "récolte": el.
"raconté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "récolte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "raconté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récolte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconté" and "récolte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récolte vs récoltée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #411,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.