Which to use
“diffusé” and “diffuser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,322
- “diffusé” frequency rank
- #6,183
- “diffuser” frequency rank
- 10505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diffusé | diffuser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de diffuser. | Répandre dans toutes les directions. |
Same sound, different letters: diffusé vs diffuser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - diffusé and diffuser
This is the hard kind. diffusé and diffuser 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10505, 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\. diffuser is at rank #6,183, 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 10505, this pair ranks #412,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of diffusé vs diffuser
Shared letters: dfisu. Private to "diffusé": é. Private to "diffuser": er.
"diffusé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "diffuser" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diffuser ← ddiffuser · dfifuser · diffsuer · diffuesr · diffuserr · diffusre · diffusser · difufser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diffusé" and "diffuser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "diffusé" or "diffuser" show up more?
What to do next
"diffusé" and "diffuser" 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 "diffuser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diffusé" and "diffuser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diffuser vs diffusera". 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 #412,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.