Which to use
“raconter” and “racontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,794
- “raconter” frequency rank
- #47,547
- “racontés” frequency rank
- 50341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconter | racontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire le récit d’une histoire vraie ou imaginaire. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: raconter vs racontés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. raconter and racontés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - raconter / racontés
This is the hard kind. raconter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raconter is recorded at frequency rank #2,794, 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 50341, this pair ranks #163,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raconter vs racontés
Shared letters: acnort. Private to "raconter": e. Private to "racontés": sé.
"raconter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- raconter ← arconter · racconter · racnoter · raconetr · raconnter · raconterr · racontre · racontter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raconter" for "racontés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "raconter" or "racontés"?
What to do next
"raconter" and "racontés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "raconter" 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 #163,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconter" 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 #163,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.