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

#35,897
“diagnostiquée” frequency rank
#26,694
“diagnostiquer” frequency rank
62591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature diagnostiquée diagnostiquer
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe diagnostiquer. Reconnaitre une maladie par ses symptômes.

Same sound, different letters: diagnostiquée vs diagnostiquer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. diagnostiquée (CVVCCVCCVCVVV) and diagnostiquer (CVVCCVCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

13 ch
diagnostiquée
13 ch
diagnostiquer

Ear matches; page differs - diagnostiquée and diagnostiquer

This is the hard kind. diagnostiquée and diagnostiquer are pronounced identically (\djaɡ.nɔs.ti.ke\) 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 62591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

diagnostiquée is recorded at frequency rank #35,897, classified as averb, pronounced \djaɡ.nɔs.ti.ke\. diagnostiquer is at rank #26,694, tagged as averb, pronounced \djaɡ.nɔs.ti.ke\.

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 62591, this pair ranks #86,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of diagnostiquée vs diagnostiquer

Shared letters: adeginoqstu. Private to "diagnostiquée": é. Private to "diagnostiquer": r.

"diagnostiquée" · 13 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCVVV  ·  "diagnostiquer" · 13 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diagnostiquer ← daignostiquer · ddiagnostiquer · diaggnostiquer · diagnnostiquer · diagnositquer · diagnosstiquer · diagnostiqeur · diagnostiqquer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "diagnostiquée" and "diagnostiquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\djaɡ.nɔs.ti.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "diagnostiquée" vs "diagnostiquer" - which ranks higher?
"diagnostiquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,694 in our French list, against #35,897 for "diagnostiquée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "diagnostiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "diagnostiquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "diagnostiquée" and "diagnostiquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diagnostiquée vs diagnostiqués". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #86,307 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