Which to use
“dépêches” is a noun and “détectés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,982
- “dépêches” frequency rank
- #31,468
- “détectés” frequency rank
- 57450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépêches | détectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dépêche. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de détecter. |
Where the eye mixes dépêches and détectés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dépêches and détectés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dépêches vs détectés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dépêches is \de.pɛʃ\ while détectés is \de.tɛk.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépêches is recorded at frequency rank #25,982, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.pɛʃ\. détectés is at rank #31,468, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.tɛk.te\.
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 57450, this pair ranks #114,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dépêches vs détectés
Shared letters: cdesé. Private to "dépêches": hpê. Private to "détectés": t.
"dépêches" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "détectés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dépêches" and "détectés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dépêches" or "détectés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dépêches" and "détectés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépêches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "détectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépêches" and "détectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "détectés vs détestée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #114,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.