Which to use
“déplacé” is an adjective and “déplacée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,100
- “déplacé” frequency rank
- #16,117
- “déplacée” frequency rank
- 24217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déplacé | déplacée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est mal placé, qui n’est pas où il doit être. | Équivalent de déplacé, dans le cas d’une femme. |
Same sound, different letters: déplacé vs déplacée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - déplacé and déplacée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déplacé and déplacée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.pla.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déplacé” sits inside “déplacée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déplacé is recorded at frequency rank #8,100, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pla.se\. déplacée is at rank #16,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.pla.se\.
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 24217, this pair ranks #347,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of déplacé vs déplacée
Shared letters: acdlpé. Private to "déplacé": -. Private to "déplacée": e.
"déplacé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "déplacée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déplacé" for "déplacée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "déplacé" or "déplacée"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "déplacé" / "déplacée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "déplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déplacée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déplacé" and "déplacée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déplacée vs déplacera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #347,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.