Which to use
“dégagement” and “désagrément” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,728
- “dégagement” frequency rank
- #31,940
- “désagrément” frequency rank
- 50668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégagement | désagrément |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de dégager, de se dégager, résultat de cette action. | Chose désagréable, sujet de chagrin, d’ennui, de dégoût. |
Where the eye mixes dégagement and désagrément
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dégagement runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCC) against désagrément's 11 (CVCVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dégagement vs désagrément
A purely visual mix-up. dégagement (\de.ɡa.ʒə.mɑ̃\) and désagrément (\de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégagement is recorded at frequency rank #18,728, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡa.ʒə.mɑ̃\. désagrément is at rank #31,940, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\.
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 50668, this pair ranks #160,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégagement vs désagrément
Shared letters: adegmnté. Private to "dégagement": -. Private to "désagrément": rs.
"dégagement" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCC · "désagrément" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégagement" for "désagrément" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dégagement" and "désagrément" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "désagrément" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégagement" and "désagrément" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délabrement vs désagrément". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #160,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.