Which to use
“dissous” and “dissoute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,127
- “dissous” frequency rank
- #22,232
- “dissoute” frequency rank
- 37359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dissous | dissoute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été solubilisé, dispersé dans un liquide appelé « solvant ». | Féminin singulier de dissous (ou dissout). |
Where the eye mixes dissous and dissoute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dissous runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against dissoute's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dissous vs dissoute
A purely visual mix-up. dissous (\di.su\) and dissoute (\di.sut\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dissous is recorded at frequency rank #15,127, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.su\. dissoute is at rank #22,232, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.sut\.
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 37359, this pair ranks #263,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dissous vs dissoute
Shared letters: diosu. Private to "dissous": -. Private to "dissoute": et.
"dissous" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "dissoute" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dissous" and "dissoute" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dissous" vs "dissoute" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dissous" and "dissoute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dissous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dissoute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dissous" and "dissoute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dissoute vs dissoutes". 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 #263,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.