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.
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?
Frequency check: "racontées" vs "racontent" - which ranks higher?
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.