Which to use
“dégages” and “dégagez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,759
- “dégages” frequency rank
- #36,363
- “dégagez” frequency rank
- 76122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégages | dégagez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dégager. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dégager. |
Where the eye mixes dégages and dégagez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dégages and dégagez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dégages vs dégagez
A purely visual mix-up. dégages (\de.ɡaʒ\) and dégagez (\de.ɡa.ʒe\) 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 a single letter - s in “dégages” becomes z in “dégagez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégages is recorded at frequency rank #39,759, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ɡaʒ\. dégagez is at rank #36,363, tagged as averb, 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 76122, this pair ranks #32,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dégages vs dégagez
Shared letters: adegé. Private to "dégages": s. Private to "dégagez": z.
"dégages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dégagez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégages" for "dégagez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dégages" vs "dégagez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dégages" and "dégagez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégagez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,047 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégages" and "dégagez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégages vs dosages". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,047 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.