Which to use
“dissipée” is an adjective and “dissiper” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,289
- “dissipée” frequency rank
- #21,913
- “dissiper” frequency rank
- 69202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dissipée | dissiper |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dissipé. | Détruire en dispersant. |
Same sound, different letters: dissipée vs dissiper
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - dissipée / dissiper
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dissipée and dissiper carry the same recorded pronunciation, \di.si.pe\. 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 69202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dissipée is recorded at frequency rank #47,289, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.si.pe\. dissiper is at rank #21,913, tagged as averb, 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 69202, this pair ranks #56,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dissipée vs dissiper
Shared letters: deips. Private to "dissipée": é. Private to "dissiper": r.
"dissipée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "dissiper" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dissiper ← ddissiper · disiper · disisper · dissiepr · dissiperr · dissipper · dissipre · disspier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dissipée" and "dissiper" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dissipée" or "dissiper"?
What to do next
"dissipée" and "dissiper" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dissipée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dissiper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dissipée" and "dissiper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dissipe vs dissipée". 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 #56,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.