tentésvstexteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: tentés is a adjective, texte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tentés” is an adjective and “texte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,837
“tentés” frequency rank
#701
“texte” frequency rank
18538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tentés texte
Definition Masculin pluriel de tenté. Suite ordonnée de mots écrits.

Where the eye mixes tentés and texte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
tentés
5 ch
texte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tentés is \tɑ̃.te\ while texte is \tɛkst\. 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 18538, 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\. texte is at rank #701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛkst\.

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 18538, this pair ranks #377,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tentés vs texte

Shared letters: et. Private to "tentés": nsé. Private to "texte": x.

"tentés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "texte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • texteetxte · tetxe · texet · textte · texxte · ttexte · txete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tentés" and "texte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tentés" is an adjective and "texte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tentés" or "texte"?
"texte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #701 in our French list, against #17,837 for "tentés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list