racontéesvsracontentConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,496
“racontées” frequency rank
#9,903
“racontent” frequency rank
48399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racontées racontent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de raconter.

Where the eye mixes racontées and racontent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. racontées (CVCVCCVVC) and racontent (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
racontées
9 ch
racontent

Why the eye confuses racontées with racontent

A purely visual mix-up. racontées (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\) and racontent (\ʁa.kɔ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

racontées is recorded at frequency rank #38,496, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.te\. racontent is at rank #9,903, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃t\.

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 48399, this pair ranks #179,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of racontées vs racontent

Shared letters: acenort. Private to "racontées": sé. Private to "racontent": -.

"racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "racontent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • racontent ← arcontent · raccontent · racnotent · raconetnt · raconntent · racontennt · racontentt · racontetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "racontées" and "racontent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁa.kɔ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "racontées" vs "racontent" - which ranks higher?
"racontent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,903 in our French list, against #38,496 for "racontées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "racontées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "racontent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racontées" and "racontent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachetées vs racontées". 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 #179,249 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