Which to use
“débité” is a verb and “député” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,236
- “débité” frequency rank
- #1,477
- “député” frequency rank
- 42713
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débité | député |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de débiter. | Envoyé, délégué, par une nation, un peuple pour remplir une mission particulière, ou par des électeurs pour faire partie d’une assemblée. |
Where the eye mixes débité and député
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. débité and député 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 député
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: débité is \de.bi.te\ while député is \de.py.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42713, 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\. député is at rank #1,477, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.py.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 42713, this pair ranks #223,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of débité vs député
Shared letters: dté. Private to "débité": bi. Private to "député": pu.
"débité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "député" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "débité" and "député" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "débité" or "député"?
Useful next steps
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 "député" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débité" and "député" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débité vs déduite". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #223,526 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.