Which to use
“dépasser” and “déposer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,229
- “dépasser” frequency rank
- #4,070
- “déposer” frequency rank
- 8299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépasser | déposer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aller au-delà de quelque chose. | Ôter un objet de la place où on l’avait fixé. |
Where the eye mixes dépasser and déposer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dépasser runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against déposer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dépasser and déposer
A purely visual mix-up. dépasser (\de.pɑ.se\) and déposer (\de.po.ze\) 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 8299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépasser is recorded at frequency rank #4,229, classified as averb, pronounced \de.pɑ.se\. déposer is at rank #4,070, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.po.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 8299, this pair ranks #420,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dépasser vs déposer
Shared letters: deprsé. Private to "dépasser": a. Private to "déposer": o.
"dépasser" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "déposer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dépasser" for "déposer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dépasser" or "déposer" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépasser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déposer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépasser" and "déposer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépasser vs dépasses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #420,494 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.