Which to use
“délabré” is an adjective and “Delaware” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,753
- “délabré” frequency rank
- #29,721
- “Delaware” frequency rank
- 71474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délabré | Delaware |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En mauvais état, en parlant d’une chose, d’une construction. | Un des treize États de la Nouvelle-Angleterre aux États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal DE), bordé par la Pennsylvanie au nord, le New Jersey, le fleuve Delaware et l’océan Atlantique Nord à l’est, et le Maryland au sud et à l’ouest, et dont la capitale est Dover. |
Where the eye mixes délabré and Delaware
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. délabré runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against Delaware's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between délabré and Delaware
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: délabré is \de.lɑ.bʁe\ while Delaware is \də.la.wɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délabré is recorded at frequency rank #41,753, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.lɑ.bʁe\. Delaware is at rank #29,721, tagged as aname, pronounced \də.la.wɛʁ\.
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 71474, this pair ranks #47,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délabré vs Delaware
Shared letters: adlr. Private to "délabré": bé. Private to "Delaware": ew.
"délabré" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "Delaware" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Delaware ← ddelaware · dealware · delaawre · delawaer · delawarre · delawrae · delawware · dellaware
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délabré" and "Delaware" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "délabré" or "Delaware"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "délabré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Delaware" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délabré" and "Delaware" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declare vs délabré". 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 #47,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.