Which to use
“testés” and “testez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,186
- “testés” frequency rank
- #28,775
- “testez” frequency rank
- 49961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | testés | testez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbetester. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tester. |
Same sound, different letters: testés vs testez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - testés / testez
This is the hard kind. testés and testez 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 49961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
testés is recorded at frequency rank #21,186, classified as averb, pronounced \tɛs.te\. testez is at rank #28,775, 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 49961, this pair ranks #166,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of testés vs testez
Shared letters: est. Private to "testés": é. Private to "testez": z.
"testés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "testez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- testez ← etstez · tesetz · tesstez · testezz · testtez · testze · tetsez · tsetez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "testés" and "testez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "testés" or "testez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "testés" / "testez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "testés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "testez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "testés" and "testez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "testa vs testez". 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 #166,463 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.