Which to use
“débattue” and “débattues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,922
- “débattue” frequency rank
- #49,608
- “débattues” frequency rank
- 78530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débattue | débattues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Engourdissement douloureux dû au froid intense. | Pluriel de débattue. |
Same sound, different letters: débattue vs débattues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. débattue runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against débattues's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: débattue vs débattues
This is the hard kind. débattue and débattues are pronounced identically (\de.ba.ty\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “débattue” sits inside “débattues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
débattue is recorded at frequency rank #28,922, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ba.ty\. débattues is at rank #49,608, 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 78530, this pair ranks #25,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of débattue vs débattues
Shared letters: abdetué. Private to "débattue": -. Private to "débattues": s.
"débattue" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "débattues" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "débattue" and "débattues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "débattue" or "débattues" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "débattue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "débattues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débattue" and "débattues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débarques vs débattues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.