racontéevsraconteraWhat's the difference?

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“racontée” and “racontera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,801
“racontée” frequency rank
#32,547
“racontera” frequency rank
50348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racontée racontera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de raconter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de raconter.

Where the eye mixes racontée and racontera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. racontée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against racontera's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
racontée
9 ch
racontera

Look-alike desk: racontée vs racontera

A purely visual mix-up. racontée (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\) and racontera (\ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50348, 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\. racontera is at rank #32,547, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁa\.

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 50348, this pair ranks #163,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of racontée vs racontera

Shared letters: acenort. Private to "racontée": é. Private to "racontera": -.

"racontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "racontera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raconteraarcontera · raccontera · racnotera · raconetra · raconntera · racontear · raconterra · racontrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "racontée" and "racontera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "racontée" or "racontera"?
"racontée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,801 in our French list, against #32,547 for "racontera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "racontée" and "racontera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "racontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "racontera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racontée" and "racontera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontera vs remontera". 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 #163,347 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list