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Which to use

“distribuée” and “distribuées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,810
“distribuée” frequency rank
#20,697
“distribuées” frequency rank
40507
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature distribuée distribuées
Definition Féminin singulier de distribué. Féminin pluriel de distribué.

Same sound, different letters: distribuée vs distribuées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. distribuée runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVVV) against distribuées's 11 (CVCCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
distribuée
11 ch
distribuées

Ear matches; page differs - distribuée and distribuées

This is the hard kind. distribuée and distribuées are pronounced identically (\dis.tʁi.bɥe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “distribuée” sits inside “distribuées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

distribuée is recorded at frequency rank #19,810, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.tʁi.bɥe\. distribuées is at rank #20,697, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.tʁi.bɥe\.

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 40507, this pair ranks #239,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of distribuée vs distribuées

Shared letters: bdeirstué. Private to "distribuée": -. Private to "distribuées": -.

"distribuée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVV  ·  "distribuées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "distribuée" and "distribuées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\dis.tʁi.bɥe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "distribuée" or "distribuées"?
"distribuée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,810 in our French list, against #20,697 for "distribuées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"distribuée" and "distribuées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "distribuée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "distribuées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "distribuée" and "distribuées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "distribuées vs distribuent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #239,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list