Which to use
“délivrée” and “délivrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,687
- “délivrée” frequency rank
- #10,145
- “délivrer” frequency rank
- 27832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délivrée | délivrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de délivrer. | Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode. |
Same sound, different letters: délivrée vs délivrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. délivrée (CVCVCCVV) and délivrer (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: délivrée vs délivrer
This is the hard kind. délivrée and délivrer are pronounced identically (\de.li.vʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délivrée is recorded at frequency rank #17,687, classified as averb, pronounced \de.li.vʁe\. délivrer is at rank #10,145, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.li.vʁe\.
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 27832, this pair ranks #326,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délivrée vs délivrer
Shared letters: deilrvé. Private to "délivrée": -. Private to "délivrer": -.
"délivrée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "délivrer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délivrée" and "délivrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "délivrée" or "délivrer" show up more?
Useful next steps
"délivrée" and "délivrer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,503 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délivrée" and "délivrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délivrée vs délivrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #326,503 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.