Which to use
“tentées” and “tentez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,039
- “tentées” frequency rank
- #18,341
- “tentez” frequency rank
- 59380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tentées | tentez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de tenter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tenter. |
Same sound, different letters: tentées vs tentez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. tentées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against tentez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tentées / tentez
This is the hard kind. tentées and tentez 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 59380, 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\. tentez is at rank #18,341, 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 59380, this pair ranks #103,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tentées vs tentez
Shared letters: ent. Private to "tentées": sé. Private to "tentez": z.
"tentées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "tentez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tentez ← etntez · tenetz · tenntez · tentezz · tenttez · tentze · tetnez · tnetez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tentées" and "tentez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tentées" vs "tentez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tentez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tentées" and "tentez" 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 #103,506 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.