Which to use
“racontés” and “racontez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,547
- “racontés” frequency rank
- #20,542
- “racontez” frequency rank
- 68089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racontés | racontez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de raconter. |
Same sound, different letters: racontés vs racontez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. racontés and racontez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: racontés vs racontez
This is the hard kind. racontés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racontés is recorded at frequency rank #47,547, 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 68089, this pair ranks #60,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racontés vs racontez
Shared letters: acnort. Private to "racontés": sé. Private to "racontez": ez.
"racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "racontez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- racontez ← arcontez · raccontez · racnotez · raconetz · raconntez · racontezz · raconttez · racontze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racontés" for "racontez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "racontés" 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 #60,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racontés" and "racontez" 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 #60,609 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.