Which to use
“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.
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
- racontera ← arcontera · raccontera · racnotera · raconetra · raconntera · racontear · raconterra · racontrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racontée" and "racontera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "racontée" or "racontera"?
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.