Which to use
“délivrées” and “délivrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,658
- “délivrées” frequency rank
- #10,145
- “délivrer” frequency rank
- 43803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délivrées | délivrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de délivrer. | Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode. |
Same sound, different letters: délivrées vs délivrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. délivrées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against délivrer's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - délivrées / délivrer
This is the hard kind. délivrées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43803, 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\. 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 43803, this pair ranks #215,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délivrées vs délivrer
Shared letters: deilrvé. Private to "délivrées": s. Private to "délivrer": -.
"délivrées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "délivrer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délivrées" and "délivrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "délivrées" or "délivrer" show up more?
Useful next steps
"délivrées" and "délivrer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrées" 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 #215,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délivrées" and "délivrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délivrées vs désirées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #215,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.