délirervsdélogerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#36,817
“délirer” frequency rank
#26,336
“déloger” frequency rank
63153
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délirer déloger
Definition Avoir le délire ; être en délire. Quitter un logement, un appartement.

Where the eye mixes délirer and déloger

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. délirer and déloger follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
délirer
7 ch
déloger

Visual trap between délirer and déloger

A purely visual mix-up. délirer (\de.li.ʁe\) and déloger (\de.lɔ.ʒe\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délirer is recorded at frequency rank #36,817, classified as averb, pronounced \de.li.ʁe\. déloger is at rank #26,336, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.lɔ.ʒe\.

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 63153, this pair ranks #83,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délirer vs déloger

Shared letters: delré. Private to "délirer": i. Private to "déloger": go.

"délirer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "déloger" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "délirer" and "déloger" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.li.ʁe\ versus \de.lɔ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "délirer" or "déloger"?
"déloger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,336 in our French list, against #36,817 for "délirer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "délirer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déloger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délirer" and "déloger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délier vs délirer". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #83,477 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