Which to use
“asthme” and “athée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,299
- “asthme” frequency rank
- #16,301
- “athée” frequency rank
- 32600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | asthme | athée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inflammation chronique et évolutive des bronches, entraînant une bronchoconstriction et une gêne respiratoire à l'expiration. | Personne qui ne croit pas en l’existence d’une ou plusieurs divinités. |
Where the eye mixes asthme and athée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. asthme runs 6 letters (VCCCCV) against athée's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: asthme vs athée
A purely visual mix-up. asthme (\asm\) and athée (\a.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
asthme is recorded at frequency rank #16,299, classified as anoun, pronounced \asm\. athée is at rank #16,301, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.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 32600, this pair ranks #296,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of asthme vs athée
Shared letters: aeht. Private to "asthme": ms. Private to "athée": é.
"asthme" · 6 letters · shape VCCCCV · "athée" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- asthme ← ashtme · assthme · asthem · asthhme · asthmme · astmhe · astthme · atshme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "asthme" and "athée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "asthme" or "athée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "asthme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "athée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "asthme" and "athée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs athée". 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 #296,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.