Which to use
“dépassées” is an adjective and “déposées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,580
- “dépassées” frequency rank
- #12,956
- “déposées” frequency rank
- 43536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépassées | déposées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de dépassé. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de déposer. |
Where the eye mixes dépassées and déposées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dépassées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against déposées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dépassées and déposées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dépassées is \de.pa.se\ while déposées is \de.pɔ.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépassées is recorded at frequency rank #30,580, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pa.se\. déposées is at rank #12,956, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.pɔ.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 43536, this pair ranks #217,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dépassées vs déposées
Shared letters: depsé. Private to "dépassées": a. Private to "déposées": o.
"dépassées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "déposées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dépassées" and "déposées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dépassées" vs "déposées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dépassées" and "déposées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépassées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déposées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépassées" and "déposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délaissées vs dépassées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #217,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.