Which to use
“déclarer” and “déclarez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,028
- “déclarer” frequency rank
- #44,429
- “déclarez” frequency rank
- 49457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déclarer | déclarez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire connaître d’une façon manifeste. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de déclarer. |
Same sound, different letters: déclarer vs déclarez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - déclarer and déclarez
This is the hard kind. déclarer and déclarez are pronounced identically (\de.kla.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “déclarer” becomes z in “déclarez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49457, 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\. 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 49457, this pair ranks #170,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déclarer vs déclarez
Shared letters: acdelré. Private to "déclarer": -. Private to "déclarez": z.
"déclarer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "déclarez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déclarer" for "déclarez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "déclarer" vs "déclarez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"déclarer" and "déclarez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "déclarer" 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 #170,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déclarer" and "déclarez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs déclarez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #170,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.