Which to use
“diffusé” and “diffusée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,322
- “diffusé” frequency rank
- #6,603
- “diffusée” frequency rank
- 10925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diffusé | diffusée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de diffuser. | Participe passé féminin singulier de diffuser. |
Same sound, different letters: diffusé vs diffusée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. diffusé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against diffusée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: diffusé vs diffusée
This is the hard kind. diffusé and diffusée are pronounced identically (\di.fy.ze\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “diffusé” sits inside “diffusée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diffusé is recorded at frequency rank #4,322, classified as averb, pronounced \di.fy.ze\. diffusée is at rank #6,603, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.fy.ze\.
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 10925, this pair ranks #411,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of diffusé vs diffusée
Shared letters: dfisué. Private to "diffusé": -. Private to "diffusée": e.
"diffusé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "diffusée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "diffusé" and "diffusée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "diffusé" vs "diffusée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"diffusé" and "diffusée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "diffusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diffusée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diffusé" and "diffusée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diffusée vs diffusera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #411,144 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.