Which to use
“diluée” and “diluer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,274
- “diluée” frequency rank
- #28,915
- “diluer” frequency rank
- 66189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diluée | diluer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de diluer. | Étendre d’eau ou d’un solvant adapté, un liquide quelconque. |
Same sound, different letters: diluée vs diluer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. diluée (CVCVVV) and diluer (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: diluée vs diluer
This is the hard kind. diluée and diluer are pronounced identically (\di.lɥe\) 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 66189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diluée is recorded at frequency rank #37,274, classified as averb, pronounced \di.lɥe\. diluer is at rank #28,915, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.lɥe\.
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 66189, this pair ranks #68,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of diluée vs diluer
Shared letters: deilu. Private to "diluée": é. Private to "diluer": r.
"diluée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "diluer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diluer ← ddiluer · dileur · dilluer · diluerr · dilure · diuler · dliuer · idluer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diluée" and "diluer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "diluée" or "diluer"?
Useful next steps
"diluée" and "diluer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "diluée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diluer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diluée" and "diluer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délier vs diluer". 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 #68,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.