déguiséesvsdéguiserWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: déguisées is a adjective, déguiser is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“déguisées” is an adjective and “déguiser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,902
“déguisées” frequency rank
#18,998
“déguiser” frequency rank
62900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déguisées déguiser
Definition Féminin pluriel de déguisé. Travestir une personne de telle sorte qu’il soit difficile de la reconnaître.

Same sound, different letters: déguisées vs déguiser

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déguisées runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVVC) against déguiser's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
déguisées
8 ch
déguiser

Same sound, different spelling - déguisées / déguiser

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déguisées and déguiser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.ɡi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déguisées is recorded at frequency rank #43,902, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡi.ze\. déguiser is at rank #18,998, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ɡi.ze\.

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 62900, this pair ranks #84,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déguisées vs déguiser

Shared letters: degisué. Private to "déguisées": -. Private to "déguiser": r.

"déguisées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC  ·  "déguiser" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déguisées" and "déguiser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déguisées" is an adjective and "déguiser" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "déguisées" vs "déguiser" - which ranks higher?
"déguiser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,998 in our French list, against #43,902 for "déguisées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "déguisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déguiser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déguisées" and "déguiser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déguise vs déguisées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #84,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list