Which to use
“discutée” and “disputer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,172
- “discutée” frequency rank
- #7,681
- “disputer” frequency rank
- 30853
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discutée | disputer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de discuter. | Être en discussion plus ou moins vive à propos d’opinions, d’intérêts. |
Where the eye mixes discutée and disputer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: discutée vs disputer
A purely visual mix-up. discutée (\dis.ky.te\) and disputer (\dis.py.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30853, 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\. disputer is at rank #7,681, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.py.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 30853, this pair ranks #307,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of discutée vs disputer
Shared letters: deistu. Private to "discutée": cé. Private to "disputer": pr.
"discutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "disputer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disputer ← ddisputer · dipsuter · dispputer · disptuer · dispuetr · disputerr · disputre · disputter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "discutée" and "disputer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "discutée" or "disputer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "discutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disputer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "discutée" and "disputer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutée vs discutera". 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 #307,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.