déploievsdéployéConfusable pair

Quick tell: déploie is a verb, déployé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#13,367
“déploie” frequency rank
#14,664
“déployé” frequency rank
28031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déploie déployé
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déployer. Déplié, étendu, étalé.

Letter map: déploie vs déployé

Shared letters muted; letters that set déploie and déployé apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. déploie and déployé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
déploie
7 ch
déployé

Part-of-speech tell for déploie / déployé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: déploie is averb and déployéanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déploie is recorded at frequency rank #13,367, classified as averb, pronounced \de.plwa\. déployé is at rank #14,664, tagged as anadj.

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 28031, this pair ranks #325,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déploie vs déployé

Shared letters: dlopé. Private to "déploie": ei. Private to "déployé": y.

"déploie" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV  ·  "déployé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déploie" and "déployé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déploie" is a verb and "déployé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "déploie" or "déployé"?
"déploie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,367 in our French list, against #14,664 for "déployé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "déploie" and "déployé".

  • Full dictionary entry for "déploie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déployé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #325,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déploie" and "déployé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déploie vs déploient". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #325,311 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