Which to use
“dissipe” is a verb and “dissipée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,901
- “dissipe” frequency rank
- #47,289
- “dissipée” frequency rank
- 83190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dissipe | dissipée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dissiper. | Féminin singulier de dissipé. |
Where the eye mixes dissipe and dissipée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dissipe vs dissipée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dissipe is \di.sip\ while dissipée is \di.si.pe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dissipe is recorded at frequency rank #35,901, classified as averb, pronounced \di.sip\. dissipée is at rank #47,289, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.si.pe\.
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 83190, this pair ranks #15,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dissipe vs dissipée
Shared letters: deips. Private to "dissipe": -. Private to "dissipée": é.
"dissipe" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dissipée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dissipe ← ddissipe · disipe · disispe · dissiep · dissippe · disspie · dsisipe · idssipe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dissipe" for "dissipée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dissipe" or "dissipée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dissipe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dissipée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dissipe" and "dissipée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dissipée vs dissiper". 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 #15,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.