documentéevsdocumentéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: documentée is a adjective, documentées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“documentée” is an adjective and “documentées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,727
“documentée” frequency rank
#46,705
“documentées” frequency rank
76432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature documentée documentées
Definition Féminin singulier de documenté. Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe documenter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set documentée and documentées apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

10 ch
documentée
11 ch
documentées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: documentée and documentées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “documentée” sits inside “documentées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

documentée is recorded at frequency rank #29,727, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\. 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 76432, this pair ranks #31,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of documentée vs documentées

Shared letters: cdemnotué. Private to "documentée": -. Private to "documentées": s.

"documentée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV  ·  "documentées" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

documentée#29,727
documentées#46,705

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "documentée" and "documentées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "documentée" is an adjective and "documentées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "documentée" or "documentées"?
"documentée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,727 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.

Remembering documentée vs documentées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “documentée”; for a verb, it's “documentées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “documentée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list