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Which to use

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

#6,189
“dédiée” frequency rank
#11,391
“déduire” frequency rank
17580
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dédiée déduire
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de dédier. Soustraire d’une somme à payer telle ou telle fraction qui n’est pas à verser.

Where the eye mixes dédiée and déduire

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dédiée runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against déduire's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dédiée
7 ch
déduire

Look-alike desk: dédiée vs déduire

A purely visual mix-up. dédiée (\de.dje\) and déduire (\de.dɥiʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dédiée is recorded at frequency rank #6,189, classified as averb, pronounced \de.dje\. déduire is at rank #11,391, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.dɥiʁ\.

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 17580, this pair ranks #382,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dédiée vs déduire

Shared letters: deié. Private to "dédiée": -. Private to "déduire": ru.

"dédiée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "déduire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dédiée" and "déduire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.dje\ versus \de.dɥiʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dédiée" or "déduire"?
"dédiée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,189 in our French list, against #11,391 for "déduire". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "dédiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déduire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #382,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dédiée" and "déduire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déduire vs déduite". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #382,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list