Which to use
“délimitée” and “délimiter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,246
- “délimitée” frequency rank
- #32,386
- “délimiter” frequency rank
- 73632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délimitée | délimiter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de délimiter. | Circonscrire dans des limites nettement déterminées. |
Same sound, different letters: délimitée vs délimiter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. délimitée (CVCVCVCVV) and délimiter (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: délimitée vs délimiter
This is the hard kind. délimitée and délimiter are pronounced identically (\de.li.mi.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délimitée is recorded at frequency rank #41,246, classified as averb, pronounced \de.li.mi.te\. délimiter is at rank #32,386, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.li.mi.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 73632, this pair ranks #39,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délimitée vs délimiter
Shared letters: deilmté. Private to "délimitée": -. Private to "délimiter": r.
"délimitée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "délimiter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délimitée" and "délimiter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "délimitée" vs "délimiter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "délimitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délimiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #39,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.