Which to use
“raconter” and “racontez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,794
- “raconter” frequency rank
- #20,542
- “racontez” frequency rank
- 23336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raconter | racontez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire le récit d’une histoire vraie ou imaginaire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: raconter vs racontez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: raconter vs racontez
This is the hard kind. raconter and racontez 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 a single letter - r in “raconter” becomes z in “racontez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23336, 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\. racontez is at rank #20,542, 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 23336, this pair ranks #353,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raconter vs racontez
Shared letters: acenort. Private to "raconter": -. Private to "racontez": z.
"raconter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "racontez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "raconter" / "racontez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "raconter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "racontez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raconter" and "racontez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontés vs racontez". 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 #353,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.