Which to use
“délégué” is a noun and “délégués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,337
- “délégué” frequency rank
- #8,231
- “délégués” frequency rank
- 13568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délégué | délégués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a reçu une délégation, qui a commission de quelqu’un. | Masculin pluriel de délégué. |
Same sound, different letters: délégué vs délégués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. délégué runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against délégués's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: délégué vs délégués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: délégué and délégués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.le.ɡe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “délégué” sits inside “délégués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13568, 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\. délégués is at rank #8,231, tagged as anadj, 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 13568, this pair ranks #400,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of délégué vs délégués
Shared letters: dglué. Private to "délégué": -. Private to "délégués": s.
"délégué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "délégués" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "délégué" vs "délégués" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "délégué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délégués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délégué" and "délégués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délégué vs dengue". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #400,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.