Which to use
“édite” and “edito” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,864
- “édite” frequency rank
- #49,623
- “edito” frequency rank
- 75487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | édite | edito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éditer. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de editar. |
Where the eye mixes édite and edito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. édite and edito follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: édite vs edito
A purely visual mix-up. édite (\e.dit\) and edito (\eˈði.to\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
édite is recorded at frequency rank #25,864, classified as averb, pronounced \e.dit\. edito is at rank #49,623, tagged as averb, pronounced \eˈði.to\.
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 75487, this pair ranks #33,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of édite vs edito
Shared letters: deit. Private to "édite": é. Private to "edito": o.
"édite" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "edito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- edito ← deito · eddito · ediot · editto · edtio · eidto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "édite" and "edito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "édite" or "edito" show up more?
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 "édite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "edito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "édite" and "edito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edito vs émit". 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 #33,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.