declarevsdéclarezTell them apart

Which to use

“declare” and “déclarez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,591
“declare” frequency rank
#44,429
“déclarez” frequency rank
94020
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declare déclarez
Definition Déclarer. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de déclarer.

Where the eye mixes declare and déclarez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
declare
8 ch
déclarez

Visual trap between declare and déclarez

A purely visual mix-up. declare ([dɪˈkleər]) and déclarez (\de.kla.ʁe\) 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 94020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declare is recorded at frequency rank #49,591, classified as averb, pronounced [dɪˈkleər]. déclarez is at rank #44,429, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.kla.ʁe\.

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 94020, this pair ranks #1,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of declare vs déclarez

Shared letters: acdelr. Private to "declare": -. Private to "déclarez": .

"declare" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "déclarez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaredcelare · ddeclare · decalre · decclare · declaer · declarre · decllare · declrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "declare" for "déclarez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([dɪˈkleər] versus \de.kla.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "declare" or "déclarez"?
"déclarez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,429 in our French list, against #49,591 for "declare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "declare" and "déclarez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declare" and "déclarez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs déclarera". 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 #1,892 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list