Which to use
“dissous” and “dissoutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,127
- “dissous” frequency rank
- #49,025
- “dissoutes” frequency rank
- 64152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dissous | dissoutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été solubilisé, dispersé dans un liquide appelé « solvant ». | Féminin pluriel de dissous. |
Where the eye mixes dissous and dissoutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dissous runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against dissoutes's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dissous and dissoutes
A purely visual mix-up. dissous (\di.su\) and dissoutes (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64152, 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\. dissoutes is at rank #49,025, 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 64152, this pair ranks #78,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dissous vs dissoutes
Shared letters: diosu. Private to "dissous": -. Private to "dissoutes": et.
"dissous" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "dissoutes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dissous" and "dissoutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dissous" or "dissoutes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dissous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dissoutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dissous" and "dissoutes" 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 #78,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.