déployévsdéployerWhich spelling fits?

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

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.

7 ch
déployé
8 ch
déployer

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

Is swapping "déployé" for "déployer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déployé" is an adjective and "déployer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déployé" or "déployer" show up more?
"déployer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,394 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list