racontéesvsremontéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: racontées is a verb, remontées is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set racontées and remontées apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
racontées
9 ch
remontées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

racontées#38,496
remontées#24,360

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "racontées" and "remontées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "racontées" is a verb and "remontées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "racontées" or "remontées"?
"remontées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,360 in our French list, against #38,496 for "racontées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering racontées vs remontées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “racontées”; for a noun, it's “remontées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “racontées” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list