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“racontera” and “racontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,547
“racontera” frequency rank
#47,547
“racontés” frequency rank
80094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racontera racontés
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de raconter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter.

Where the eye mixes racontera and racontés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. racontera runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against racontés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
racontera
8 ch
racontés

Visual trap between racontera and racontés

A purely visual mix-up. racontera (\ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁa\) 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 80094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

racontera is recorded at frequency rank #32,547, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁa\. 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 80094, this pair ranks #21,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of racontera vs racontés

Shared letters: acnort. Private to "racontera": e. Private to "racontés": .

"racontera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raconteraarcontera · raccontera · racnotera · raconetra · raconntera · racontear · raconterra · racontrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "racontera" and "racontés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁa\ versus \ʁa.kɔ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "racontera" vs "racontés" - which ranks higher?
"racontera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,547 in our French list, against #47,547 for "racontés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "racontera" and "racontés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "racontera" 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 #21,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racontera" 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 #21,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list