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“délirant” and “dépliant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,192
“délirant” frequency rank
#39,764
“dépliant” frequency rank
63956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délirant dépliant
Definition Qui présente les caractères du délire. Qui peut être déplié.

Where the eye mixes délirant and dépliant

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. délirant (CVCVCVCC) and dépliant (CVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
délirant
8 ch
dépliant

Visual trap between délirant and dépliant

A purely visual mix-up. délirant (\de.li.ʁɑ̃\) and dépliant (\de.pli.jɑ̃\) 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 63956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délirant is recorded at frequency rank #24,192, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ʁɑ̃\. dépliant is at rank #39,764, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pli.jɑ̃\.

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 63956, this pair ranks #79,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délirant vs dépliant

Shared letters: adilnté. Private to "délirant": r. Private to "dépliant": p.

"délirant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "dépliant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "délirant" and "dépliant" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.li.ʁɑ̃\ versus \de.pli.jɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "délirant" vs "dépliant" - which ranks higher?
"délirant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,192 in our French list, against #39,764 for "dépliant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "délirant" and "dépliant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "délirant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dépliant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délirant" and "dépliant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépliant vs dépliants". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #79,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list