débarrassée vs débarrasser

Which to use

“débarrassée” and “débarrasser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,985
“débarrassée” frequency rank: #5,336
“débarrasser” frequency rank: 36321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	débarrassée	débarrasser
Definition	Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe débarrasser.	Dégager de ce qui embarrasse.

Same sound, different letters: débarrassée vs débarrasser

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. débarrassée (CVCVCCVCCVV) and débarrasser (CVCVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch

débarrassée

11 ch

débarrasser

Homophone desk: débarrassée vs débarrasser

This is the hard kind. débarrassée and débarrasser are pronounced identically (\de.ba.ʁa.se\) 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 36321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

débarrassée is recorded at frequency rank #30,985, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ba.ʁa.se\. débarrasser is at rank #5,336, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ba.ʁa.se\.

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 36321, this pair ranks #270,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of débarrassée vs débarrasser

Shared letters: abdersé. Private to "débarrassée": -. Private to "débarrasser": -.

"débarrassée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV · "débarrasser" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "débarrassée" and "débarrasser" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.ba.ʁa.se\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "débarrassée" vs "débarrasser" - which ranks higher?

"débarrasser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,336 in our French list, against #30,985 for "débarrassée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "débarrassée" / "débarrasser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "débarrassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "débarrasser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #270,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"débarrassée" and "débarrasser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débarasser vs débarrassée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #270,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.