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

#33,658
“délivrées” frequency rank
#40,225
“délivrent” frequency rank
73883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délivrées délivrent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de délivrer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de délivrer.

Where the eye mixes délivrées and délivrent

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

9 ch
délivrées
9 ch
délivrent

Look-alike desk: délivrées vs délivrent

A purely visual mix-up. délivrées (\de.li.vʁe\) and délivrent (\de.livʁ\) 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 73883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délivrées is recorded at frequency rank #33,658, classified as averb, pronounced \de.li.vʁe\. délivrent is at rank #40,225, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.livʁ\.

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 73883, this pair ranks #38,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délivrées vs délivrent

Shared letters: deilrvé. Private to "délivrées": s. Private to "délivrent": nt.

"délivrées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "délivrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "délivrées" and "délivrent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.li.vʁe\ versus \de.livʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "délivrées" or "délivrent"?
"délivrées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,658 in our French list, against #40,225 for "délivrent". 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 "délivrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "délivrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délivrées" and "délivrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délivrées vs désirées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #38,975 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