Which to use
“débordée” and “débordés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,992
- “débordée” frequency rank
- #31,455
- “débordés” frequency rank
- 66447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débordée | débordés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de débordé. | Masculin pluriel de débordé. |
Same sound, different letters: débordée vs débordés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. débordée (CVCVCCVV) and débordés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - débordée and débordés
This is the hard kind. débordée and débordés are pronounced identically (\de.bɔʁ.de\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “débordée” becomes s in “débordés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
débordée is recorded at frequency rank #34,992, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.bɔʁ.de\. débordés is at rank #31,455, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.bɔʁ.de\.
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 66447, this pair ranks #67,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of débordée vs débordés
Shared letters: bdoré. Private to "débordée": e. Private to "débordés": s.
"débordée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "débordés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "débordée" and "débordés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "débordée" vs "débordés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "débordée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "débordés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débordée" and "débordés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débordée vs déportée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #67,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.