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Which to use

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

#46,723
“délirants” frequency rank
#49,055
“déviants” frequency rank
95778
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délirants déviants
Definition Masculin pluriel de délirant. Masculin pluriel de déviant.

Where the eye mixes délirants and déviants

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. délirants runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCC) against déviants's 8 (CVCVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
délirants
8 ch
déviants

Look-alike desk: délirants vs déviants

A purely visual mix-up. délirants (\de.li.ʁɑ̃\) and déviants (\de.vjɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95778, 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\. déviants is at rank #49,055, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.vjɑ̃\.

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 95778, this pair ranks #951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délirants vs déviants

Shared letters: adinsté. Private to "délirants": lr. Private to "déviants": v.

"délirants" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC  ·  "déviants" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "délirants" for "déviants" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\de.li.ʁɑ̃\ versus \de.vjɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "délirants" or "déviants"?
"délirants" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,723 in our French list, against #49,055 for "déviants". 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 "délirants" and "déviants" 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 "déviants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délirants" and "déviants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déviants vs devins". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #951 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