Which to use
“racontées” and “racontera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- #32,547
- “racontera” frequency rank
- 71043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontées | racontera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de raconter. |
Where the eye mixes racontées and racontera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. racontées (CVCVCCVVC) and racontera (CVCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between racontées and racontera
A purely visual mix-up. racontées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71043, 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\. 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 71043, this pair ranks #49,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racontées vs racontera
Shared letters: acenort. Private to "racontées": sé. Private to "racontera": -.
"racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "racontera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racontera ← arcontera · raccontera · racnotera · raconetra · raconntera · racontear · raconterra · racontrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "racontées" and "racontera" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "racontées" vs "racontera" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "racontées" 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 #49,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontées" and "racontera" 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 #49,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.