Which to use
“racontée” and “raconter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,801
- “racontée” frequency rank
- #2,794
- “raconter” frequency rank
- 20595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontée | raconter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de raconter. | Faire le récit d’une histoire vraie ou imaginaire. |
Same sound, different letters: racontée vs raconter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. racontée (CVCVCCVV) and raconter (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - racontée / raconter
This is the hard kind. racontée and raconter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20595, 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\. raconter is at rank #2,794, 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 20595, this pair ranks #367,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of racontée vs raconter
Shared letters: acenort. Private to "racontée": é. Private to "raconter": -.
"racontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "raconter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raconter ← arconter · racconter · racnoter · raconetr · raconnter · raconterr · racontre · racontter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "racontée" and "raconter" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "racontée" or "raconter"?
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 "raconter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontée" and "raconter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontée vs racontés". 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 #367,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.