Which to use
“racontent” and “racontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,903
- “racontent” frequency rank
- #47,547
- “racontés” frequency rank
- 57450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontent | racontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de raconter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. |
Where the eye mixes racontent and racontés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. racontent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against racontés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses racontent with racontés
A purely visual mix-up. racontent (\ʁa.kɔ̃t\) and racontés (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racontent is recorded at frequency rank #9,903, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃t\. 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 57450, this pair ranks #114,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of racontent vs racontés
Shared letters: acnort. Private to "racontent": e. Private to "racontés": sé.
"racontent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- racontent ← arcontent · raccontent · racnotent · raconetnt · raconntent · racontennt · racontentt · racontetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racontent" for "racontés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "racontent" or "racontés"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "racontent" and "racontés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "racontent" 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 #114,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontent" and "racontés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontais vs racontés". 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 #114,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.