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Which to use

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

#5,028
“déclarer” frequency rank
#44,995
“déclarera” frequency rank
50023
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déclarer déclarera
Definition Faire connaître d’une façon manifeste. Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe déclarer.

Where the eye mixes déclarer and déclarera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
déclarer
9 ch
déclarera

Visual trap between déclarer and déclarera

A purely visual mix-up. déclarer (\de.kla.ʁe\) and déclarera (\de.kla.ʁə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déclarer” sits inside “déclarera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déclarer is recorded at frequency rank #5,028, classified as averb, pronounced \de.kla.ʁe\. déclarera is at rank #44,995, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.kla.ʁə.ʁa\.

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 50023, this pair ranks #165,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déclarer vs déclarera

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

"déclarer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "déclarera" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déclarer" for "déclarera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\de.kla.ʁe\ versus \de.kla.ʁə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "déclarer" or "déclarera" show up more?
"déclarer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,028 in our French list, against #44,995 for "déclarera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déclarera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déclarer" and "déclarera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déclarera vs déplacera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #165,903 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