Which to use
“discutées” and “discutons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,462
- “discutées” frequency rank
- #32,372
- “discutons” frequency rank
- 67834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discutées | discutons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de discuter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de discuter. |
Where the eye mixes discutées and discutons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. discutées (CVCCVCVVC) and discutons (CVCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between discutées and discutons
A purely visual mix-up. discutées (\dis.ky.te\) and discutons (\dis.ky.tɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67834, 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\. discutons is at rank #32,372, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.ky.tɔ̃\.
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 67834, this pair ranks #61,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of discutées vs discutons
Shared letters: cdistu. Private to "discutées": eé. Private to "discutons": no.
"discutées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "discutons" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- discutons ← ddiscutons · dicsutons · disccutons · disctuons · discuotns · discutnos · discutonns · discutonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "discutées" and "discutons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "discutées" or "discutons" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "discutées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "discutons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "discutées" and "discutons" 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 #61,725 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.