déclaréevsdéclarerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: déclarée is a adjective, déclarer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“déclarée” is an adjective and “déclarer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,990
“déclarée” frequency rank
#5,028
“déclarer” frequency rank
14018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déclarée déclarer
Definition Féminin singulier de déclaré. Faire connaître d’une façon manifeste.

Same sound, different letters: déclarée vs déclarer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

8 ch
déclarée
8 ch
déclarer

Ear matches; page differs - déclarée and déclarer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déclarée and déclarer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.kla.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14018, 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\. déclarer is at rank #5,028, 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 14018, this pair ranks #398,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of déclarée vs déclarer

Shared letters: acdelré. Private to "déclarée": -. Private to "déclarer": -.

"déclarée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "déclarer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déclarée" and "déclarer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déclarée" is an adjective and "déclarer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "déclarée" or "déclarer"?
"déclarer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,028 in our French list, against #8,990 for "déclarée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "déclarée" / "déclarer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #398,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déclarée" and "déclarer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs déclarée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #398,546 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