Which to use
“débité” and “delete” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,236
- “débité” frequency rank
- #42,817
- “delete” frequency rank
- 84053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débité | delete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de débiter. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de deleter. |
Where the eye mixes débité and delete
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. débité and delete 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 delete
A purely visual mix-up. débité (\de.bi.te\) and delete (\di.lit\) 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 84053, 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\. delete is at rank #42,817, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.lit\.
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 84053, this pair ranks #13,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of débité vs delete
Shared letters: dt. Private to "débité": bié. Private to "delete": el.
"débité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "delete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- delete ← ddelete · deelte · deleet · delette · dellete · deltee · dleete · edlete
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "débité" for "delete" ever safe?
Which is more common, "débité" or "delete"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "débité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débité" and "delete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delete vs désuète". 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 #13,670 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.