Which to use
“précipité” and “précipitée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,976
- “précipité” frequency rank
- #31,663
- “précipitée” frequency rank
- 47639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précipité | précipitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hâté, accéléré, prompt, rapide voire impétueux. | Féminin singulier de précipité. |
Same sound, different letters: précipité vs précipitée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. précipité runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against précipitée's 10 (CCVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: précipité vs précipitée
This is the hard kind. précipité and précipitée are pronounced identically (\pʁe.si.pi.te\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “précipité” sits inside “précipitée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précipité is recorded at frequency rank #15,976, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.si.pi.te\. précipitée is at rank #31,663, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.si.pi.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 47639, this pair ranks #185,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of précipité vs précipitée
Shared letters: ciprté. Private to "précipité": -. Private to "précipitée": e.
"précipité" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "précipitée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "précipité" and "précipitée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "précipité" or "précipitée"?
Useful next steps
"précipité" and "précipitée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "précipité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "précipitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précipité" and "précipitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précipita vs précipitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #185,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.