déclaréevsdéplacéeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#8,990
“déclarée” frequency rank
#16,117
“déplacée” frequency rank
25107
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déclarée déplacée
Definition Féminin singulier de déclaré. Équivalent de déplacé, dans le cas d’une femme.

Where the eye mixes déclarée and déplacée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déclarée and déplacée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
déclarée
8 ch
déplacée

Look-alike desk: déclarée vs déplacée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déclarée is \de.kla.ʁe\ while déplacée is \de.pla.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25107, 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\. déplacée is at rank #16,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.pla.se\.

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 25107, this pair ranks #342,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of déclarée vs déplacée

Shared letters: acdelé. Private to "déclarée": r. Private to "déplacée": p.

"déclarée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "déplacée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déclarée" for "déplacée" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déclarée" is an adjective and "déplacée" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déclarée" or "déplacée" show up more?
"déclarée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,990 in our French list, against #16,117 for "déplacée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #342,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déclarée" and "déplacée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déplacée vs déplacera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #342,771 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