déclarervsdéclarezWhich spelling fits?

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.

8 ch
déclarer
8 ch
déclarez

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.kla.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "déclarer" vs "déclarez" - which ranks higher?
"déclarer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,028 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list