Which to use
“documentée” is an adjective and “documents” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,727
- “documentée” frequency rank
- #1,659
- “documents” frequency rank
- 31386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | documentée | documents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de documenté. | Pluriel de document. |
Where the eye mixes documentée and documents
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses documentée with documents
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: documentée is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃.te\ while documents is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31386, 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\. documents is at rank #1,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\.
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 31386, this pair ranks #304,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of documentée vs documents
Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "documentée": é. Private to "documents": s.
"documentée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV · "documents" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- documents ← dcouments · ddocuments · doccuments · docmuents · docuemnts · documennts · documenst · documentss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "documentée" and "documents" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "documentée" or "documents"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "documentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "documents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "documentée" and "documents" 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 #304,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.