Which to use
“document” is a noun and “documentée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,361
- “document” frequency rank
- #29,727
- “documentée” frequency rank
- 32088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | document | documentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrit qui sert de preuve ou de renseignement. | Féminin singulier de documenté. |
Where the eye mixes document and documentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between document and documentée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: document is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\ while documentée is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “document” sits inside “documentée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
document is recorded at frequency rank #2,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\. documentée is at rank #29,727, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\.
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 32088, this pair ranks #299,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of document vs documentée
Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "document": -. Private to "documentée": é.
"document" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "documentée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- document ← dcoument · ddocument · doccument · docmuent · docuemnt · documennt · documentt · documetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "document" and "documentée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "document" or "documentée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "document" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "documentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "document" and "documentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "documentée vs documentées". 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 #299,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.