Which to use
“discutées” and “discutez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,462
- “discutées” frequency rank
- #24,934
- “discutez” frequency rank
- 60396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discutées | discutez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de discuter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de discuter. |
Same sound, different letters: discutées vs discutez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. discutées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against discutez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - discutées and discutez
This is the hard kind. discutées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
discutées is recorded at frequency rank #35,462, 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 60396, this pair ranks #97,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of discutées vs discutez
Shared letters: cdeistu. Private to "discutées": é. Private to "discutez": z.
"discutées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "discutez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- discutez ← ddiscutez · dicsutez · disccutez · disctuez · discuetz · discutezz · discuttez · discutze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "discutées" for "discutez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "discutées" vs "discutez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"discutées" and "discutez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "discutées" 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 #97,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "discutées" and "discutez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutées 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 #97,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.