Which to use
“délivrent” and “délivrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,225
- “délivrent” frequency rank
- #10,145
- “délivrer” frequency rank
- 50370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délivrent | délivrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de délivrer. | Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode. |
Where the eye mixes délivrent and délivrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. délivrent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against délivrer's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: délivrent vs délivrer
A purely visual mix-up. délivrent (\de.livʁ\) and délivrer (\de.li.vʁe\) 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 50370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délivrent is recorded at frequency rank #40,225, classified as averb, pronounced \de.livʁ\. 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 50370, this pair ranks #163,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délivrent vs délivrer
Shared letters: deilrvé. Private to "délivrent": nt. Private to "délivrer": -.
"délivrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "délivrer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délivrent" and "délivrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "délivrent" or "délivrer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "délivrent" 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 #163,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délivrent" and "délivrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délivrent vs dérivent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #163,155 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.