déplacéesvsdéplacerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: déplacées is a adjective, déplacer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#20,706
“déplacées” frequency rank
#4,069
“déplacer” frequency rank
24775
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déplacées déplacer
Definition Féminin pluriel de déplacé. Prendre quelque chose ou quelqu’un et le mettre ailleurs.

Same sound, different letters: déplacées vs déplacer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déplacées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against déplacer's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
déplacées
8 ch
déplacer

Same sound, different spelling - déplacées / déplacer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déplacées and déplacer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.pla.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déplacées is recorded at frequency rank #20,706, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pla.se\. déplacer is at rank #4,069, 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 24775, this pair ranks #344,686 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of déplacées vs déplacer

Shared letters: acdelpé. Private to "déplacées": s. Private to "déplacer": r.

"déplacées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "déplacer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déplacées" for "déplacer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déplacées" is an adjective and "déplacer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "déplacées" vs "déplacer" - which ranks higher?
"déplacer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,069 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #344,686 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déplacées" and "déplacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déplacées vs déplacera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #344,686 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