Which to use
“dégât” and “délit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,555
- “dégât” frequency rank
- #4,934
- “délit” frequency rank
- 29489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégât | délit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dommage, détérioration amenés par un accident ou une cause violente. | Toute infraction, consciente ou non, aux lois. |
Where the eye mixes dégât and délit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dégât and délit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dégât and délit
A purely visual mix-up. dégât (\de.ɡa\) and délit (\de.li\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégât is recorded at frequency rank #24,555, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡa\. délit is at rank #4,934, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.li\.
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 29489, this pair ranks #316,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégât vs délit
Shared letters: dté. Private to "dégât": gâ. Private to "délit": il.
"dégât" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "délit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dégât" and "délit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dégât" or "délit" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dégât" and "délit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégât" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégât" and "délit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégât vs DGA". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #316,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.