Which to use
“débarqué” is an adjective and “débattue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,952
- “débarqué” frequency rank
- #28,922
- “débattue” frequency rank
- 41874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débarqué | débattue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Transporté par mer avant d'être mis à terre → voir aéroporté. | Engourdissement douloureux dû au froid intense. |
Where the eye mixes débarqué and débattue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. débarqué and débattue follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: débarqué vs débattue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: débarqué is \de.baʁ.ke\ while débattue is \de.ba.ty\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
débarqué is recorded at frequency rank #12,952, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.baʁ.ke\. débattue is at rank #28,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ba.ty\.
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 41874, this pair ranks #229,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of débarqué vs débattue
Shared letters: abdué. Private to "débarqué": qr. Private to "débattue": et.
"débarqué" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "débattue" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "débarqué" for "débattue" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "débarqué" or "débattue" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "débarqué" and "débattue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "débarqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "débattue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débarqué" and "débattue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débattue vs débattues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #229,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.