Which to use
“documentée” is an adjective and “documenter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,727
- “documentée” frequency rank
- #24,547
- “documenter” frequency rank
- 54274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | documentée | documenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de documenté. | Appuyer de documents. |
Same sound, different letters: documentée vs documenter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - documentée / documenter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: documentée and documenter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54274, 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\. 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 54274, this pair ranks #135,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of documentée vs documenter
Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "documentée": é. Private to "documenter": r.
"documentée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV · "documenter" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- documenter ← dcoumenter · ddocumenter · doccumenter · docmuenter · docuemnter · documenetr · documennter · documenterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "documentée" and "documenter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "documentée" or "documenter"?
What to do next
"documentée" and "documenter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "documentée" 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 #135,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "documentée" and "documenter" 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 #135,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.