Which to use
“dégagées” is an adjective and “dégages” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,937
- “dégagées” frequency rank
- #39,759
- “dégages” frequency rank
- 71696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégagées | dégages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de dégagé. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dégager. |
Where the eye mixes dégagées and dégages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dégagées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against dégages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dégagées vs dégages
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dégagées is \de.ɡa.ʒe\ while dégages is \de.ɡaʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégagées is recorded at frequency rank #31,937, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒe\. dégages is at rank #39,759, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ɡaʒ\.
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 71696, this pair ranks #46,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dégagées vs dégages
Shared letters: adegsé. Private to "dégagées": -. Private to "dégages": -.
"dégagées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "dégages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dégagées" and "dégages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dégagées" or "dégages" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dégagées" and "dégages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégagées" and "dégages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégages vs dosages". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.