Which to use
“racontée” and “racontées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,801
- “racontée” frequency rank
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- 56297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontée | racontées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de raconter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: racontée vs racontées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. racontée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against racontées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - racontée and racontées
This is the hard kind. racontée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “racontée” sits inside “racontées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racontée is recorded at frequency rank #17,801, 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 56297, this pair ranks #121,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of racontée vs racontées
Shared letters: acenorté. Private to "racontée": -. Private to "racontées": s.
"racontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racontée" for "racontées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "racontée" or "racontées"?
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 "racontée" 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 #121,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontée" and "racontées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachetées vs racontées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #121,981 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.