Which to use
“dédale” is a noun and “dégagé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,989
- “dédale” frequency rank
- #9,648
- “dégagé” frequency rank
- 40637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dédale | dégagé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Labyrinthe, lieu où l’on s’égare, où l’on se perd, à cause de la complication des détours. | Qualifie une allure, une démarche qui semble n'être pas gênée par quoi que ce soit. |
Where the eye mixes dédale and dégagé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dédale and dégagé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dédale vs dégagé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dédale is \de.dal\ while dégagé is \de.ɡa.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dédale is recorded at frequency rank #30,989, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.dal\. dégagé is at rank #9,648, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒe\.
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 40637, this pair ranks #239,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dédale vs dégagé
Shared letters: adé. Private to "dédale": el. Private to "dégagé": g.
"dédale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dégagé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dédale" and "dégagé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dédale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dédale" and "dégagé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décèle vs dédale". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #239,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.