documentevsdocumentéesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#44,987
“documente” frequency rank
#46,705
“documentées” frequency rank
91692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature documente documentées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de documenter. Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe documenter.

Where the eye mixes documente and documentées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
documente
11 ch
documentées

Visual trap between documente and documentées

A purely visual mix-up. documente (\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃t\) and documentées (\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\) 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 91692, 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\. documentées is at rank #46,705, tagged as averb, 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 91692, this pair ranks #3,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of documente vs documentées

Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "documente": -. Private to "documentées": .

"documente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "documentées" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • documentedcoumente · ddocumente · doccumente · docmuente · docuemnte · documenet · documennte · documentte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "documente" and "documentées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃t\ versus \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "documente" vs "documentées" - which ranks higher?
"documente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,987 in our French list, against #46,705 for "documentées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "documente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "documentées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "documente" and "documentées" 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 #3,613 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