délocalisé vs délocaliser

Which to use

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

#46,128
“délocalisé” frequency rank: #39,761
“délocaliser” frequency rank: 85889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	délocalisé	délocaliser
Definition	Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe délocaliser.	Enlever le caractère local.

Same sound, different letters: délocalisé vs délocaliser

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. délocalisé runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against délocaliser's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

délocalisé

11 ch

délocaliser

Homophone desk: délocalisé vs délocaliser

This is the hard kind. délocalisé and délocaliser are pronounced identically (\de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\) 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 85889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délocalisé is recorded at frequency rank #46,128, classified as averb, pronounced \de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\. délocaliser is at rank #39,761, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\.

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 85889, this pair ranks #10,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délocalisé vs délocaliser

Shared letters: acdilosé. Private to "délocalisé": -. Private to "délocaliser": er.

"délocalisé" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "délocaliser" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "délocalisé" and "délocaliser" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "délocalisé" or "délocaliser" show up more?

"délocaliser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,761 in our French list, against #46,128 for "délocalisé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "délocalisé" / "délocaliser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "délocalisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "délocaliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #10,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #10,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.