Which to use
“tentées” and “tenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,039
- “tentées” frequency rank
- #1,723
- “tenter” frequency rank
- 42762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tentées | tenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de tenter. | Essayer, éprouver ou mettre en usage quelque moyen pour faire réussir quelque chose. |
Same sound, different letters: tentées vs tenter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tentées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against tenter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - tentées and tenter
This is the hard kind. tentées and tenter are pronounced identically (\tɑ̃.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tentées is recorded at frequency rank #41,039, classified as averb, pronounced \tɑ̃.te\. tenter is at rank #1,723, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɑ̃.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 42762, this pair ranks #223,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tentées vs tenter
Shared letters: ent. Private to "tentées": sé. Private to "tenter": r.
"tentées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "tenter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tenter ← etnter · tenetr · tennter · tenterr · tentre · tentter · tetner · tneter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tentées" and "tenter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tentées" vs "tenter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tentées" / "tenter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tentées" and "tenter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tentais vs tentées". 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 #223,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.