Which to use
“déplaît” is a verb and “dépliant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,189
- “déplaît” frequency rank
- #39,764
- “dépliant” frequency rank
- 62953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déplaît | dépliant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de déplaire. | Qui peut être déplié. |
Where the eye mixes déplaît and dépliant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déplaît runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against dépliant's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: déplaît vs dépliant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déplaît is \de.plɛ\ while dépliant is \de.pli.jɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déplaît is recorded at frequency rank #23,189, classified as averb, pronounced \de.plɛ\. dépliant is at rank #39,764, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pli.jɑ̃\.
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 62953, this pair ranks #84,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déplaît vs dépliant
Shared letters: adlpté. Private to "déplaît": î. Private to "dépliant": in.
"déplaît" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "dépliant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déplaît" for "dépliant" ever safe?
Which is more common, "déplaît" or "dépliant"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "déplaît" and "dépliant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "déplaît" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépliant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déplaît" and "dépliant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépliant vs dépliants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.