Which to use
“disputée” is an adjective and “disputer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,676
- “disputée” frequency rank
- #7,681
- “disputer” frequency rank
- 25357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disputée | disputer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de disputé. | Être en discussion plus ou moins vive à propos d’opinions, d’intérêts. |
Same sound, different letters: disputée vs disputer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. disputée (CVCCVCVV) and disputer (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - disputée / disputer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: disputée and disputer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dis.py.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25357, 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\. disputer is at rank #7,681, tagged as averb, 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 25357, this pair ranks #341,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disputée vs disputer
Shared letters: deipstu. Private to "disputée": é. Private to "disputer": r.
"disputée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "disputer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disputer ← ddisputer · dipsuter · dispputer · disptuer · dispuetr · disputerr · disputre · disputter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disputée" for "disputer" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"disputée" and "disputer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "disputée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disputer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disputée" and "disputer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disputée vs disputera". 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 #341,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.