Which to use
“racontées” and “raconter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- #2,794
- “raconter” frequency rank
- 41290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontées | raconter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. | Faire le récit d’une histoire vraie ou imaginaire. |
Same sound, different letters: racontées vs raconter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. racontées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against raconter's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - racontées / raconter
This is the hard kind. racontées and raconter 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41290, 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\. raconter is at rank #2,794, 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 41290, this pair ranks #234,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of racontées vs raconter
Shared letters: acenort. Private to "racontées": sé. Private to "raconter": -.
"racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "raconter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raconter ← arconter · racconter · racnoter · raconetr · raconnter · raconterr · racontre · racontter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racontées" and "raconter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "racontées" or "raconter"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "racontées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raconter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontées" and "raconter" 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 #234,200 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.