Which to use
“tentés” is an adjective and “têtes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,837
- “tentés” frequency rank
- #3,048
- “têtes” frequency rank
- 20885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tentés | têtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de tenté. | Pluriel de tête. |
Where the eye mixes tentés and têtes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tentés is \tɑ̃.te\ while têtes is \tɛːt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tentés is recorded at frequency rank #17,837, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɑ̃.te\. têtes is at rank #3,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛːt\.
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 20885, this pair ranks #365,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tentés vs têtes
Shared letters: est. Private to "tentés": né. Private to "têtes": ê.
"tentés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "têtes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC