disproportionnévsdisproportionnéeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#34,984
“disproportionné” frequency rank
#27,768
“disproportionnée” frequency rank
62752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disproportionné disproportionnée
Definition Qui manque de proportion. Féminin singulier de disproportionné.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set disproportionné and disproportionnée apart are highlighted. They share 15 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

15 ch
disproportionné
16 ch
disproportionnée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

disproportionné and disproportionnée are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disproportionné” sits inside “disproportionnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disproportionné is recorded at frequency rank #34,984, classified as anadj. disproportionnée is at rank #27,768, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne\.

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 62752, this pair ranks #85,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of disproportionné vs disproportionnée

Shared letters: dinoprsté. Private to "disproportionné": -. Private to "disproportionnée": e.

"disproportionné" · 15 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVVCCV  ·  "disproportionnée" · 16 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVVCCVV

Frequency comparison

disproportionné#34,984
disproportionnée#27,768

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "disproportionné" and "disproportionnée" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disproportionné” sits inside “disproportionnée”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "disproportionné" or "disproportionnée"?
"disproportionnée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,768 in our French list, against #34,984 for "disproportionné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list