discuter

Name: discuter, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\dis.ky.te\

/\dis.ky.te\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“discuter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,171
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Examiner, débattre avec quelqu’un une question, une affaire avec soin, avec exactitude, et en bien considérer le pour et le contre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-discuter · discuter · French

discuter · rank #2,171 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,171
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH doigts

Nearest frequency peer: doigts (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

commentaire

97,834
concurrence

97,833
conduite

97,832
discuter

97,830
doigts

97,829
essaye

97,827

What this shows « discuter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

discuter vs dispute

75% similar

discuter vs disputer

88% similar

discuter vs disputes

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for discuter
Property	Value
Headword	discuter
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\dis.ky.te\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#2,171
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	13
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « discuter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.discuterse place ici:

#2,171

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « doigts » (#2,172), « conduite » (#2,169), « concurrence » (#2,168). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « discuter » est au #2,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around discuter (IPA \dis.ky.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,171 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for discuter, with forms such as "ddiscuter", "dicsuter", and "disccuter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "dispute", "disputer", "disputes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is discuter, spelled D-I-S-C-U-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Examiner, débattre avec quelqu’un une question, une affaire avec soin, avec exactitude, et en bien considérer le pour et le contre.
2
Liquider judiciairement les biens d’une personne.
3
Manifester une opinion différente de celle d’une ou de plusieurs personnes.
4
Converser.
5
Séparer, détacher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how discuter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

De l’autre côté, quelques-uns parmi nous discutaient s'il fallait ajouter foi aux affirmations du criminel qui s'était montré menteur incorrigible.
Monsieur Josèphe, observe le maire, je ne suis pas plus tendeur que vous ; je fais même partie d'une société protectrice des animaux, mais je dois veiller aux intérêts de mes administrés et en discuter sans parti-pris.

This word in other languages

discuss(English)discutir(Español)plaudern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddiscuter
dicsuter
disccuter
disctuer
discuetr
discuterr
discutre
discutter
disscuter
disucter
dsicuter
idscuter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discuter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "discuter"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "discuter"?

"discuter" is spelled D-I-S-C-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.ky.te\.

What does "discuter" mean?

As a verb, "discuter" means: Examiner, débattre avec quelqu’un une question, une affaire avec soin, avec exactitude, et en bien considérer le pour et le contre.

What words are commonly confused with "discuter"?

"discuter" is commonly confused with "dispute", "disputer", "disputes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "discuter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discuter" is \dis.ky.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "discuter" come from?

"discuter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "discuter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conduite#2,169 commande#2,166 heureuse#2,178 académie#2,160

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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