Which to use
“diffuser” and “diffusés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,183
- “diffuser” frequency rank
- #12,947
- “diffusés” frequency rank
- 19130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diffuser | diffusés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Répandre dans toutes les directions. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de diffuser. |
Same sound, different letters: diffuser vs diffusés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - diffuser / diffusés
This is the hard kind. diffuser and diffusés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diffuser is recorded at frequency rank #6,183, classified as averb, pronounced \di.fy.ze\. diffusés is at rank #12,947, 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 19130, this pair ranks #374,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of diffuser vs diffusés
Shared letters: dfisu. Private to "diffuser": er. Private to "diffusés": é.
"diffuser" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "diffusés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diffuser ← ddiffuser · dfifuser · diffsuer · diffuesr · diffuserr · diffusre · diffusser · difufser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "diffuser" and "diffusés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "diffuser" or "diffusés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "diffuser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diffusés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diffuser" and "diffusés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diffusera vs diffusés". 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 #374,838 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.