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Which to use

“déployé” and “déployée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,664
“déployé” frequency rank
#21,300
“déployée” frequency rank
35964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déployé déployée
Definition Déplié, étendu, étalé. Féminin singulier de déployé.

Letter map: déployé vs déployée

Shared letters muted; letters that set déployé and déployée apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. déployé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against déployée's 8 (CVCCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
déployé
8 ch
déployée

Pair insight - déployé / déployée

déployé and déployée are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déployé” sits inside “déployée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déployé is recorded at frequency rank #14,664, classified as anadj. déployée is at rank #21,300, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.plwa.je\.

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 35964, this pair ranks #272,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déployé vs déployée

Shared letters: dlopyé. Private to "déployé": -. Private to "déployée": e.

"déployé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV  ·  "déployée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déployé" and "déployée" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déployé” sits inside “déployée”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "déployé" vs "déployée" - which ranks higher?
"déployé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,664 in our French list, against #21,300 for "déployée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "déployé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déployée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #272,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déployé" and "déployée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déployée vs déployées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #272,940 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