Which to use
“documente” is a verb and “documentée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,987
- “documente” frequency rank
- #29,727
- “documentée” frequency rank
- 74714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | documente | documentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de documenter. | Féminin singulier de documenté. |
Where the eye mixes documente and documentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses documente with documentée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: documente is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃t\ while documentée is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
documente is recorded at frequency rank #44,987, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃t\. 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 74714, this pair ranks #36,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of documente vs documentée
Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "documente": -. Private to "documentée": é.
"documente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "documentée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- documente ← dcoumente · ddocumente · doccumente · docmuente · docuemnte · documenet · documennte · documentte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "documente" and "documentée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "documente" or "documentée" 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 "documente" 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 #36,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "documente" and "documentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "documente 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 #36,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.