Which to use
“racontées” is a verb and “remontées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,496
- “racontées” frequency rank
- #24,360
- “remontées” frequency rank
- 62856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontées | remontées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de raconter. | Pluriel de remontée. |
Where the eye mixes racontées and remontées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. racontées and remontées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between racontées and remontées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: racontées is \ʁa.kɔ̃.te\ while remontées is \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62856, 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\. remontées is at rank #24,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.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 62856, this pair ranks #84,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racontées vs remontées
Shared letters: enorsté. Private to "racontées": ac. Private to "remontées": m.
"racontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "remontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racontées" and "remontées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "racontées" or "remontées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "racontées" and "remontées" 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 "remontées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontées" and "remontées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachetées vs racontées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.