déconvenue vs déconvenues

Which to use

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

#47,299
“déconvenue” frequency rank: #47,853
“déconvenues” frequency rank: 95152
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	déconvenue	déconvenues
Definition	Déception causée par un insuccès.	Pluriel de déconvenue.

Same sound, different letters: déconvenue vs déconvenues

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. déconvenue runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against déconvenues's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

déconvenue

11 ch

déconvenues

Same sound, different spelling - déconvenue / déconvenues

This is the hard kind. déconvenue and déconvenues are pronounced identically (\de.kɔ̃v.ny\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déconvenue” sits inside “déconvenues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déconvenue is recorded at frequency rank #47,299, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔ̃v.ny\. déconvenues is at rank #47,853, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔ̃v.ny\.

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 95152, this pair ranks #1,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déconvenue vs déconvenues

Shared letters: cdenouvé. Private to "déconvenue": -. Private to "déconvenues": s.

"déconvenue" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV · "déconvenues" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déconvenue" and "déconvenues" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.kɔ̃v.ny\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "déconvenue" vs "déconvenues" - which ranks higher?

"déconvenue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,299 in our French list, against #47,853 for "déconvenues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "déconvenue" / "déconvenues". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "déconvenue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "déconvenues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #1,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.