déplacéevsdéplacezConfusable pair

Quick tell: déplacée is a noun, déplacez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#16,117
“déplacée” frequency rank
#37,781
“déplacez” frequency rank
53898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déplacée déplacez
Definition Équivalent de déplacé, dans le cas d’une femme. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déplacer.

Same sound, different letters: déplacée vs déplacez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déplacée (CVCCVCVV) and déplacez (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
déplacée
8 ch
déplacez

Homophone desk: déplacée vs déplacez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déplacée and déplacez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.pla.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53898, 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\. déplacez is at rank #37,781, tagged as averb, 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 53898, this pair ranks #137,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déplacée vs déplacez

Shared letters: acdelpé. Private to "déplacée": -. Private to "déplacez": z.

"déplacée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "déplacez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déplacée" for "déplacez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déplacée" is a noun and "déplacez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déplacée" or "déplacez" show up more?
"déplacée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,117 in our French list, against #37,781 for "déplacez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #137,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déplacée" and "déplacez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déplacera vs déplacez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #137,687 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