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.
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?
Frequency check: "discutée" vs "discutées" - which ranks higher?
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.