Which to use
“tester” and “testés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,880
- “tester” frequency rank
- #21,186
- “testés” frequency rank
- 25066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tester | testés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbetester. |
Same sound, different letters: tester vs testés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - tester and testés
This is the hard kind. tester 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tester is recorded at frequency rank #3,880, 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 25066, this pair ranks #342,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tester vs testés
Shared letters: est. Private to "tester": r. Private to "testés": é.
"tester" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "testés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tester ← etster · tesetr · tesster · testerr · testre · testter · tetser · tseter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tester" for "testés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tester" or "testés"?
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 "tester" 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 #342,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tester" and "testés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "testa vs testés". 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 #342,991 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.