Which to use
“discours” is a noun and “dissous” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #939
- “discours” frequency rank
- #15,127
- “dissous” frequency rank
- 16066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discours | dissous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée. | Qui a été solubilisé, dispersé dans un liquide appelé « solvant ». |
Where the eye mixes discours and dissous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. discours runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against dissous's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses discours with dissous
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: discours is \dis.kuʁ\ while dissous is \di.su\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
discours is recorded at frequency rank #939, classified as anoun, pronounced \dis.kuʁ\. dissous is at rank #15,127, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.su\.
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 16066, this pair ranks #389,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of discours vs dissous
Shared letters: diosu. Private to "discours": cr. Private to "dissous": -.
"discours" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "dissous" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "discours" and "dissous" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "discours" or "dissous"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "discours" and "dissous" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "discours" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dissous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "discours" and "dissous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dissous vs dissoutes". 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 #389,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.