Which to use
“datée” and “dater” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,946
- “datée” frequency rank
- #17,671
- “dater” frequency rank
- 29617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | datée | dater |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de dater. | Marquer la date de quelque chose. |
Same sound, different letters: datée vs dater
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: datée vs dater
This is the hard kind. datée and dater are pronounced identically (\da.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 29617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
datée is recorded at frequency rank #11,946, classified as averb, pronounced \da.te\. dater is at rank #17,671, tagged as averb, pronounced \da.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 29617, this pair ranks #315,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of datée vs dater
Shared letters: adet. Private to "datée": é. Private to "dater": r.
"datée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dater" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dater ← adter · daetr · daterr · datre · datter · ddater · dtaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "datée" for "dater" ever safe?
Frequency check: "datée" vs "dater" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "datée" / "dater". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "datée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dater" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "datée" and "dater" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DAE vs dater". 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 #315,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.