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Which to use

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

#8,990
“déclarée” frequency rank
#19,519
“déclarées” frequency rank
28509
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déclarée déclarées
Definition Féminin singulier de déclaré. Féminin pluriel de déclaré.

Same sound, different letters: déclarée vs déclarées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. déclarée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against déclarées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
déclarée
9 ch
déclarées

Homophone desk: déclarée vs déclarées

This is the hard kind. déclarée and déclarées are pronounced identically (\de.kla.ʁe\) 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) - “déclarée” sits inside “déclarées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déclarée is recorded at frequency rank #8,990, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.kla.ʁe\. déclarées is at rank #19,519, tagged as anadj, 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 28509, this pair ranks #322,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déclarée vs déclarées

Shared letters: acdelré. Private to "déclarée": -. Private to "déclarées": s.

"déclarée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "déclarées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déclarée" and "déclarées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.kla.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "déclarée" vs "déclarées" - which ranks higher?
"déclarée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,990 in our French list, against #19,519 for "déclarées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"déclarée" and "déclarées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #322,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déclarée" and "déclarées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs déclarées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #322,344 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