tentésvstoutesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,837
“tentés” frequency rank
#155
“toutes” frequency rank
17992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tentés toutes
Definition Masculin pluriel de tenté. Féminin pluriel de tout.

Where the eye mixes tentés and toutes

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

6 ch
tentés
6 ch
toutes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. tentés (\tɑ̃.te\) and toutes (\tut\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17992, 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\. toutes is at rank #155, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tut\.

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 17992, this pair ranks #380,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tentés vs toutes

Shared letters: est. Private to "tentés": . Private to "toutes": ou.

"tentés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "toutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toutesotutes · totues · touets · toutess · toutse · touttes · ttoutes · tuotes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tentés" and "toutes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tɑ̃.te\ versus \tut\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tentés" or "toutes"?
"toutes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #155 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