racontésvsremontésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,547
“racontés” frequency rank
#28,326
“remontés” frequency rank
75873
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racontés remontés
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de raconter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de remonter.

Where the eye mixes racontés and remontés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. racontés and remontés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
racontés
8 ch
remontés

Why the eye confuses racontés with remontés

A purely visual mix-up. racontés (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\) and remontés (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75873, 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\. remontés is at rank #28,326, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.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 75873, this pair ranks #32,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of racontés vs remontés

Shared letters: norsté. Private to "racontés": ac. Private to "remontés": em.

"racontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "remontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "racontés" and "remontés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.kɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "racontés" or "remontés"?
"remontés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,326 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "racontés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remontés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racontés" and "remontés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontais vs racontés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #32,777 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