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.
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?
Which is more common, "déduire" or "déduite"?
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.