Which to use
“débité” and “decide” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,236
- “débité” frequency rank
- #30,555
- “decide” frequency rank
- 71791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débité | decide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de débiter. | Décider. |
Where the eye mixes débité and decide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. débité and decide follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: débité vs decide
A purely visual mix-up. débité (\de.bi.te\) and decide (\dɪˈsɑɪd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71791, 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\. decide is at rank #30,555, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɪˈsɑɪd\.
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 71791, this pair ranks #46,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of débité vs decide
Shared letters: di. Private to "débité": bté. Private to "decide": ce.
"débité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "decide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- decide ← dceide · ddecide · deccide · decdie · decidde · decied · deicde · edcide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "débité" for "decide" ever safe?
Frequency check: "débité" vs "decide" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "débité" and "decide" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "débité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "decide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débité" and "decide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débité vs déduite". 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 #46,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.