Which to use
“déplacé” and “déplacées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,100
- “déplacé” frequency rank
- #20,706
- “déplacées” frequency rank
- 28806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déplacé | déplacées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est mal placé, qui n’est pas où il doit être. | Féminin pluriel de déplacé. |
Same sound, different letters: déplacé vs déplacées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - déplacé / déplacées
This is the hard kind. déplacé and déplacées are pronounced identically (\de.pla.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “déplacé” sits inside “déplacées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28806, 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\. déplacées is at rank #20,706, tagged as anadj, 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 28806, this pair ranks #320,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déplacé vs déplacées
Shared letters: acdlpé. Private to "déplacé": -. Private to "déplacées": es.
"déplacé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "déplacées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "déplacé" and "déplacées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "déplacé" or "déplacées" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "déplacé" / "déplacées". 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 "déplacées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,601 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déplacé" and "déplacées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déplacées vs déplacera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #320,601 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.