Which to use
“dégradées” is an adjective and “dégradent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,657
- “dégradées” frequency rank
- #33,234
- “dégradent” frequency rank
- 66891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégradées | dégradent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de dégradé. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dégrader. |
Where the eye mixes dégradées and dégradent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dégradées (CVCCVCVVC) and dégradent (CVCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: dégradées vs dégradent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dégradées is \de.ɡʁa.de\ while dégradent is \de.ɡʁad\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégradées is recorded at frequency rank #33,657, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡʁa.de\. dégradent is at rank #33,234, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ɡʁad\.
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 66891, this pair ranks #65,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dégradées vs dégradent
Shared letters: adegré. Private to "dégradées": s. Private to "dégradent": nt.
"dégradées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "dégradent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dégradées" and "dégradent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dégradées" or "dégradent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dégradées" and "dégradent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégradées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dégradent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégradées" and "dégradent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décadent vs dégradent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #65,838 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.