Which to use
“degas” is a verb and “dégât” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,742
- “degas” frequency rank
- #24,555
- “dégât” frequency rank
- 64297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degas | dégât |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enlever le gaz de. | Dommage, détérioration amenés par un accident ou une cause violente. |
Where the eye mixes degas and dégât
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. degas and dégât follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: degas vs dégât
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: degas is \ˈde.ɡaz\ while dégât is \de.ɡa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degas is recorded at frequency rank #39,742, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈde.ɡaz\. dégât is at rank #24,555, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡa\.
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 64297, this pair ranks #77,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degas vs dégât
Shared letters: dg. Private to "degas": aes. Private to "dégât": tâé.
"degas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dégât" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- degas ← ddegas · deags · degass · deggas · degsa · dgeas · edgas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "degas" for "dégât" ever safe?
Which is more common, "degas" or "dégât"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "degas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégât" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degas" and "dégât" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degas vs DGA". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #77,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.