discutéevsdiscutéesConfusable pair

Which to use

“discutée” and “discutées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,172
“discutée” frequency rank
#35,462
“discutées” frequency rank
58634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature discutée discutées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de discuter. Participe passé féminin pluriel de discuter.

Same sound, different letters: discutée vs discutées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. discutée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against discutées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
discutée
9 ch
discutées

Ear matches; page differs - discutée and discutées

This is the hard kind. discutée and discutées are pronounced identically (\dis.ky.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “discutée” sits inside “discutées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

discutée is recorded at frequency rank #23,172, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.ky.te\. discutées is at rank #35,462, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.ky.te\.

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 58634, this pair ranks #107,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of discutée vs discutées

Shared letters: cdeistué. Private to "discutée": -. Private to "discutées": -.

"discutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "discutées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "discutée" and "discutées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\dis.ky.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "discutée" vs "discutées" - which ranks higher?
"discutée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,172 in our French list, against #35,462 for "discutées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"discutée" and "discutées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "discutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "discutées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "discutée" and "discutées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutées vs discutera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #107,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list