Which to use
“racontée” and “racontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,801
- “racontée” frequency rank
- #47,547
- “racontés” frequency rank
- 65348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontée | racontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de raconter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: racontée vs racontés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. racontée (CVCVCCVV) and racontés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - racontée and racontés
This is the hard kind. racontée and racontés 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 a single letter - e in “racontée” becomes s in “racontés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65348, 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\. racontés is at rank #47,547, 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 65348, this pair ranks #72,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racontée vs racontés
Shared letters: acnorté. Private to "racontée": e. Private to "racontés": s.
"racontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racontée" and "racontés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
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 "racontés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontée" and "racontés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontais vs racontés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.