Which to use
“testé” and “testés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,821
- “testé” frequency rank
- #21,186
- “testés” frequency rank
- 27007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | testé | testés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de tester. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbetester. |
Same sound, different letters: testé vs testés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: testé vs testés
This is the hard kind. testé and testés 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 extra letter(s) - “testé” sits inside “testés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27007, 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\. testés is at rank #21,186, 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 27007, this pair ranks #331,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of testé vs testés
Shared letters: esté. Private to "testé": -. Private to "testés": -.
"testé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "testés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "testé" and "testés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "testé" or "testés" show up more?
Useful next steps
"testé" and "testés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "testé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "testés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "testé" and "testés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "testa vs testés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #331,572 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.