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

#23,172
“discutée” frequency rank
#24,934
“discutez” frequency rank
48106
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature discutée discutez
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de discuter. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de discuter.

Same sound, different letters: discutée vs discutez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. discutée (CVCCVCVV) and discutez (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
discutée
8 ch
discutez

Homophone desk: discutée vs discutez

This is the hard kind. discutée and discutez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48106, 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\. discutez is at rank #24,934, 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 48106, this pair ranks #181,576 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of discutée vs discutez

Shared letters: cdeistu. Private to "discutée": é. Private to "discutez": z.

"discutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "discutez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • discutez ← ddiscutez · dicsutez · disccutez · disctuez · discuetz · discutezz · discuttez · discutze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "discutée" for "discutez" ever safe?
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 "discutez" - which ranks higher?
"discutée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,172 in our French list, against #24,934 for "discutez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "discutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "discutez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,576 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "discutée" and "discutez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutera vs discutez". 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 #181,576 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