Which to use
“testées” and “tester” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,215
- “testées” frequency rank
- #3,880
- “tester” frequency rank
- 36095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | testées | tester |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe tester. | Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort. |
Same sound, different letters: testées vs tester
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. testées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against tester's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - testées / tester
This is the hard kind. testées 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 36095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
testées is recorded at frequency rank #32,215, 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 36095, this pair ranks #272,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of testées vs tester
Shared letters: est. Private to "testées": é. Private to "tester": r.
"testées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "tester" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tester ← etster · tesetr · tesster · testerr · testre · testter · tetser · tseter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "testées" and "tester" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "testées" or "tester"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "testées" / "tester". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "testées" 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 #272,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "testées" and "tester" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "testées vs testeur". 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 #272,038 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.