déplacéevsdéplacéesConfusable pair

Quick tell: déplacée is a noun, déplacées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“déplacée” is a noun and “déplacées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,117
“déplacée” frequency rank
#20,706
“déplacées” frequency rank
36823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déplacée déplacées
Definition Équivalent de déplacé, dans le cas d’une femme. Féminin pluriel de déplacé.

Same sound, different letters: déplacée vs déplacées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. déplacée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against déplacées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
déplacée
9 ch
déplacées

Ear matches; page differs - déplacée and déplacées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déplacée and déplacées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.pla.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déplacée” sits inside “déplacées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déplacée is recorded at frequency rank #16,117, classified as anoun, 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 36823, this pair ranks #266,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déplacée vs déplacées

Shared letters: acdelpé. Private to "déplacée": -. Private to "déplacées": s.

"déplacée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "déplacées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déplacée" and "déplacées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déplacée" is a noun and "déplacées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "déplacée" vs "déplacées" - which ranks higher?
"déplacée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,117 in our French list, against #20,706 for "déplacées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "déplacée" / "déplacées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacée" 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 #266,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déplacée" and "déplacées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déplacées vs déplacera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #266,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list