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Which to use

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

#11,391
“déduire” frequency rank
#47,854
“déduite” frequency rank
59245
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes déduire and déduite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déduire and déduite follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
déduire
7 ch
déduite

Why the eye confuses déduire with déduite

A purely visual mix-up. déduire (\de.dɥiʁ\) and déduite (\de.dɥit\) 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 a single letter - r in “déduire” becomes t in “déduite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59245, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déduire is recorded at frequency rank #11,391, classified as averb, pronounced \de.dɥiʁ\. déduite is at rank #47,854, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.dɥit\.

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 59245, this pair ranks #104,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déduire vs déduite

Shared letters: deiué. Private to "déduire": r. Private to "déduite": t.

"déduire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "déduite" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déduire" and "déduite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.dɥiʁ\ versus \de.dɥit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "déduire" or "déduite"?
"déduire" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,391 in our French list, against #47,854 for "déduite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "déduire" and "déduite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déduire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déduite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déduire" and "déduite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déduite vs désuète". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #104,247 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