Which to use
“testé” and “tester” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,821
- “testé” frequency rank
- #3,880
- “tester” frequency rank
- 9701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | testé | tester |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de tester. | Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort. |
Same sound, different letters: testé vs tester
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - testé and tester
This is the hard kind. testé and tester are pronounced identically (\tɛs.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 9701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
testé is recorded at frequency rank #5,821, classified as averb, pronounced \tɛs.te\. tester is at rank #3,880, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɛs.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 9701, this pair ranks #415,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of testé vs tester
Shared letters: est. Private to "testé": é. Private to "tester": r.
"testé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tester" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tester ← etster · tesetr · tesster · testerr · testre · testter · tetser · tseter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "testé" for "tester" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "testé" or "tester" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "testé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tester" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "testé" and "tester" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ténue vs testé". 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 #415,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.