déclaréesvsdéclarerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#19,519
“déclarées” frequency rank
#5,028
“déclarer” frequency rank
24547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déclarées déclarer
Definition Féminin pluriel de déclaré. Faire connaître d’une façon manifeste.

Same sound, different letters: déclarées vs déclarer

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

9 ch
déclarées
8 ch
déclarer

Ear matches; page differs - déclarées and déclarer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déclarées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déclarées is recorded at frequency rank #19,519, 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 24547, this pair ranks #345,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of déclarées vs déclarer

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

"déclarées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "déclarer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déclarées" and "déclarer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déclarées" is an adjective and "déclarer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déclarées" or "déclarer" show up more?
"déclarer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,028 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarées" 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 #345,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déclarées" and "déclarer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs déclarées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #345,985 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