déplacéesvsdéplaceraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#20,706
“déplacées” frequency rank
#49,620
“déplacera” frequency rank
70326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déplacées déplacera
Definition Féminin pluriel de déplacé. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de déplacer.

Where the eye mixes déplacées and déplacera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. déplacées (CVCCVCVVC) and déplacera (CVCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
déplacées
9 ch
déplacera

Visual trap between déplacées and déplacera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déplacées is \de.pla.se\ while déplacera is \de.pla.sə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70326, 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\. déplacera is at rank #49,620, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.pla.sə.ʁa\.

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 70326, this pair ranks #51,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déplacées vs déplacera

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

"déplacées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "déplacera" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déplacées" and "déplacera" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déplacées" is an adjective and "déplacera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "déplacées" or "déplacera"?
"déplacées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,706 in our French list, against #49,620 for "déplacera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déplacera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déplacées" and "déplacera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déclarera vs déplacera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #51,734 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