Which to use
“racontées” and “racontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- #47,547
- “racontés” frequency rank
- 86043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontées | racontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: racontées vs racontés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. racontées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against racontés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: racontées vs racontés
This is the hard kind. racontées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86043, 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\. 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 86043, this pair ranks #10,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racontées vs racontés
Shared letters: acnorsté. Private to "racontées": e. Private to "racontés": -.
"racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racontées" and "racontés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "racontées" vs "racontés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "racontées" / "racontés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "racontées" 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 #10,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontées" and "racontés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontais vs racontés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.