Which to use
“disputée” and “disputées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,676
- “disputée” frequency rank
- #27,769
- “disputées” frequency rank
- 45445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disputée | disputées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de disputé. | Féminin pluriel de disputé. |
Same sound, different letters: disputée vs disputées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. disputée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against disputées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: disputée vs disputées
This is the hard kind. disputée and disputées are pronounced identically (\dis.py.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “disputée” sits inside “disputées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disputée is recorded at frequency rank #17,676, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.py.te\. disputées is at rank #27,769, tagged as anadj, 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 45445, this pair ranks #202,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disputée vs disputées
Shared letters: deipstué. Private to "disputée": -. Private to "disputées": -.
"disputée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "disputées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "disputée" and "disputées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "disputée" or "disputées" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "disputée" / "disputées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "disputée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disputées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disputée" and "disputées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disputées vs disputera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #202,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.