Which to use
“délégué” and “déléguée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,337
- “délégué” frequency rank
- #14,459
- “déléguée” frequency rank
- 19796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délégué | déléguée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a reçu une délégation, qui a commission de quelqu’un. | Femme envoyée en délégation. |
Same sound, different letters: délégué vs déléguée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. délégué runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against déléguée's 8 (CVCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - délégué and déléguée
This is the hard kind. délégué and déléguée are pronounced identically (\de.le.ɡe\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “délégué” sits inside “déléguée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délégué is recorded at frequency rank #5,337, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.le.ɡe\. déléguée is at rank #14,459, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.le.ɡe\.
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 19796, this pair ranks #371,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of délégué vs déléguée
Shared letters: dglué. Private to "délégué": -. Private to "déléguée": e.
"délégué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "déléguée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "délégué" and "déléguée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "délégué" or "déléguée"?
After this comparison
"délégué" and "déléguée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "délégué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déléguée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délégué" and "déléguée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délégué vs dengue". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #371,506 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.