débité vs débiter, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#41,236
“débité” frequency rank: #36,810
“débiter” frequency rank: 78046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	débité	débiter
Definition	Participe passé masculin singulier de débiter.	Vendre d’une façon continue, répétée, surtout au détail.

Same sound, different letters: débité vs débiter

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. débité runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against débiter's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch

débité

7 ch

débiter

Same sound, different spelling - débité / débiter

This is the hard kind. débité and débiter are pronounced identically (\de.bi.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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

débité is recorded at frequency rank #41,236, classified as averb, pronounced \de.bi.te\. débiter is at rank #36,810, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.bi.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 78046, this pair ranks #26,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of débité vs débiter

Shared letters: bdité. Private to "débité": -. Private to "débiter": er.

"débité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "débiter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "débité" and "débiter" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "débité" or "débiter"?

"débiter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,810 in our French list, against #41,236 for "débité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "débité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "débiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #26,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"débité" and "débiter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débité vs déduite". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.