déclaréesvsdéclarezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#19,519
“déclarées” frequency rank
#44,429
“déclarez” frequency rank
63948
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déclarées déclarez
Definition Féminin pluriel de déclaré. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de déclarer.

Same sound, different letters: déclarées vs déclarez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déclarées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against déclarez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
déclarées
8 ch
déclarez

Homophone desk: déclarées vs déclarez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déclarées and déclarez 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 63948, 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\. 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 63948, this pair ranks #79,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déclarées vs déclarez

Shared letters: acdelré. Private to "déclarées": s. Private to "déclarez": z.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déclarées" and "déclarez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déclarées" is an adjective and "déclarez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "déclarées" or "déclarez"?
"déclarées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,519 in our French list, against #44,429 for "déclarez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"déclarées" and "déclarez" 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 "déclarez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déclarées" and "déclarez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs déclarez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #79,399 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