Which to use
“délaissée” and “délaissées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,385
- “délaissée” frequency rank
- #49,045
- “délaissées” frequency rank
- 81430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délaissée | délaissées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de délaissé. | Féminin pluriel de délaissé. |
Same sound, different letters: délaissée vs délaissées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. délaissée runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVV) against délaissées's 10 (CVCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - délaissée / délaissées
This is the hard kind. délaissée and délaissées are pronounced identically (\de.lɛ.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “délaissée” sits inside “délaissées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délaissée is recorded at frequency rank #32,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.lɛ.se\. délaissées is at rank #49,045, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.lɛ.se\.
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 81430, this pair ranks #18,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délaissée vs délaissées
Shared letters: adeilsé. Private to "délaissée": -. Private to "délaissées": -.
"délaissée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV · "délaissées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "délaissée" for "délaissées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "délaissée" or "délaissées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "délaissée" / "délaissées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "délaissée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délaissées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délaissée" and "délaissées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délaisse vs délaissées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #18,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.