Which to use
“délabrement” and “désagrément” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,294
- “délabrement” frequency rank
- #31,940
- “désagrément” frequency rank
- 69234
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délabrement | désagrément |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de ce qui se délabre. | Chose désagréable, sujet de chagrin, d’ennui, de dégoût. |
Where the eye mixes délabrement and désagrément
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. délabrement and désagrément follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses délabrement with désagrément
A purely visual mix-up. délabrement (\de.la.bʁə.mɑ̃\) and désagrément (\de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délabrement is recorded at frequency rank #37,294, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.la.bʁə.mɑ̃\. désagrément is at rank #31,940, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.za.ɡʁe.mɑ̃\.
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 69234, this pair ranks #55,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délabrement vs désagrément
Shared letters: ademnrté. Private to "délabrement": bl. Private to "désagrément": gs.
"délabrement" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC · "désagrément" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "délabrement" and "désagrément" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "délabrement" vs "désagrément" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "délabrement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "désagrément" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délabrement" and "désagrément" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dénigrement vs désagrément". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #55,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.