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

#46,723
“délirants” frequency rank
#46,727
“dépliants” frequency rank
93450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délirants dépliants
Definition Masculin pluriel de délirant. Masculin pluriel de dépliant.

Where the eye mixes délirants and dépliants

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. délirants (CVCVCVCCC) and dépliants (CVCCVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
délirants
9 ch
dépliants

Why the eye confuses délirants with dépliants

A purely visual mix-up. délirants (\de.li.ʁɑ̃\) and dépliants (\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 93450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délirants is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ʁɑ̃\. dépliants is at rank #46,727, 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 93450, this pair ranks #2,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délirants vs dépliants

Shared letters: adilnsté. Private to "délirants": r. Private to "dépliants": p.

"délirants" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC  ·  "dépliants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "délirants" and "dépliants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "délirants" or "dépliants"?
"délirants" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,723 in our French list, against #46,727 for "dépliants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "délirants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dépliants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délirants" and "dépliants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépliants vs déviants". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,268 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