Which to use
“déployé” is an adjective and “déployer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,664
- “déployé” frequency rank
- #11,394
- “déployer” frequency rank
- 26058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déployé | déployer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déplié, étendu, étalé. | Étendre, développer ce qui était ployé. |
Letter map: déployé vs déployer
Shared letters muted; letters that set déployé and déployer apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. déployé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against déployer's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for déployé / déployer
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: déployé is anadjective and déployeraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déployé is recorded at frequency rank #14,664, classified as anadj. déployer is at rank #11,394, tagged as averb, 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 26058, this pair ranks #337,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of déployé vs déployer
Shared letters: dlopyé. Private to "déployé": -. Private to "déployer": er.
"déployé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "déployer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "déployé" and "déployer". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "déployé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déployer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déployé" and "déployer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déblayer vs déployer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #337,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.