Which to use
“deals” and “délais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,347
- “deals” frequency rank
- #5,551
- “délais” frequency rank
- 41898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deals | délais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de deal. | Pluriel de délai. |
Where the eye mixes deals and délais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. deals runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against délais's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses deals with délais
A purely visual mix-up. deals (\dil\) and délais (\de.lɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deals is recorded at frequency rank #36,347, classified as anoun, pronounced \dil\. délais is at rank #5,551, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.lɛ\.
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 41898, this pair ranks #229,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deals vs délais
Shared letters: adls. Private to "deals": e. Private to "délais": ié.
"deals" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "délais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deals ← daels · ddeals · dealls · dealss · deasl · delas · edals
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "deals" for "délais" ever safe?
Which is more common, "deals" or "délais"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "deals" and "délais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "deals" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deals" and "délais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Daly vs deals". 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 #229,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.