Which to use
“dégagée” and “dégagées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,602
- “dégagée” frequency rank
- #31,937
- “dégagées” frequency rank
- 48539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégagée | dégagées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dégagé. | Féminin pluriel de dégagé. |
Same sound, different letters: dégagée vs dégagées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dégagée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against dégagées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - dégagée and dégagées
This is the hard kind. dégagée and dégagées 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) - “dégagée” sits inside “dégagées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégagée is recorded at frequency rank #16,602, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒe\. dégagées is at rank #31,937, 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 48539, this pair ranks #178,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégagée vs dégagées
Shared letters: adegé. Private to "dégagée": -. Private to "dégagées": s.
"dégagée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "dégagées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégagée" for "dégagées" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégagée" and "dégagées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décalées vs dégagées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #178,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.