Which to use
“documente” and “documenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,987
- “documente” frequency rank
- #24,547
- “documenter” frequency rank
- 69534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | documente | documenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de documenter. | Appuyer de documents. |
Where the eye mixes documente and documenter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses documente with documenter
A purely visual mix-up. documente (\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃t\) and documenter (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “documente” sits inside “documenter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69534, 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\. documenter is at rank #24,547, 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 69534, this pair ranks #54,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of documente vs documenter
Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "documente": -. Private to "documenter": r.
"documente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "documenter" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- documente ← dcoumente · ddocumente · doccumente · docmuente · docuemnte · documenet · documennte · documentte
- documenter ← dcoumenter · ddocumenter · doccumenter · docmuenter · docuemnter · documenetr · documennter · documenterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "documente" for "documenter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "documente" vs "documenter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "documente" and "documenter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "documente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "documenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "documente" and "documenter" 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 #54,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.