Which to use
“dégagé” and “dégagée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,648
- “dégagé” frequency rank
- #16,602
- “dégagée” frequency rank
- 26250
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégagé | dégagée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une allure, une démarche qui semble n'être pas gênée par quoi que ce soit. | Féminin singulier de dégagé. |
Same sound, different letters: dégagé vs dégagée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. dégagé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dégagée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - dégagé and dégagée
This is the hard kind. dégagé and dégagée are pronounced identically (\de.ɡa.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “dégagé” sits inside “dégagée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégagé is recorded at frequency rank #9,648, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒe\. dégagée is at rank #16,602, 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 26250, this pair ranks #336,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dégagé vs dégagée
Shared letters: adgé. Private to "dégagé": -. Private to "dégagée": e.
"dégagé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dégagée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dégagé" and "dégagée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dégagé" or "dégagée"?
What to do next
"dégagé" and "dégagée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégagé" and "dégagée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégagée vs dégages". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #336,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.