Which to use
“discuter” and “discutez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,171
- “discuter” frequency rank
- #24,934
- “discutez” frequency rank
- 27105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discuter | discutez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Examiner, débattre avec quelqu’un une question, une affaire avec soin, avec exactitude, et en bien considérer le pour et le contre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de discuter. |
Same sound, different letters: discuter vs discutez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. discuter and discutez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - discuter and discutez
This is the hard kind. discuter 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 a single letter - r in “discuter” becomes z in “discutez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
discuter is recorded at frequency rank #2,171, 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 27105, this pair ranks #331,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of discuter vs discutez
Shared letters: cdeistu. Private to "discuter": r. Private to "discutez": z.
"discuter" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "discutez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "discuter" and "discutez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "discuter" or "discutez"?
What to do next
"discuter" and "discutez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "discuter" 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 #331,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "discuter" 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 #331,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.