Which to use
“dégagent” and “dégages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,704
- “dégagent” frequency rank
- #39,759
- “dégages” frequency rank
- 60463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégagent | dégages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dégager. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dégager. |
Same sound, different letters: dégagent vs dégages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. dégagent runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against dégages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - dégagent / dégages
This is the hard kind. dégagent and dégages are pronounced identically (\de.ɡaʒ\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégagent is recorded at frequency rank #20,704, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ɡaʒ\. 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 60463, this pair ranks #97,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dégagent vs dégages
Shared letters: adegé. Private to "dégagent": nt. Private to "dégages": s.
"dégagent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "dégages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dégagent" and "dégages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dégagent" or "dégages"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagent" 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 #97,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégagent" and "dégages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégages vs dosages". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #97,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.