Which to use
“discutable” and “discutables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,595
- “discutable” frequency rank
- #36,799
- “discutables” frequency rank
- 58394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discutable | discutables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut se discuter, qui est susceptible d’être discuté. | Pluriel de discutable. |
Same sound, different letters: discutable vs discutables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - discutable and discutables
This is the hard kind. discutable and discutables are pronounced identically (\dis.ky.tabl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “discutable” sits inside “discutables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
discutable is recorded at frequency rank #21,595, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.ky.tabl\. discutables is at rank #36,799, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.ky.tabl\.
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 58394, this pair ranks #109,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of discutable vs discutables
Shared letters: abcdeilstu. Private to "discutable": -. Private to "discutables": -.
"discutable" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "discutables" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- discutable ← ddiscutable · dicsutable · disccutable · disctuable · discuatble · discutabble · discutabel · discutablle
- discutables ← ddiscutables · dicsutables · disccutables · disctuables · discuatbles · discutabbles · discutabels · discutabless
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "discutable" and "discutables" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "discutable" or "discutables"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "discutable" / "discutables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "discutable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "discutables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #109,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.