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Which to use

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

#14,664
“déployé” frequency rank
#17,119
“déployés” frequency rank
31783
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déployé déployés
Definition Déplié, étendu, étalé. Masculin pluriel de déployé.

Letter map: déployé vs déployés

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

7 ch
déployé
8 ch
déployés

Corpus notes: déployé and déployés

déployé and déployés 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 “déployés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déployé is recorded at frequency rank #14,664, classified as anadj. déployés is at rank #17,119, 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 31783, this pair ranks #301,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déployé vs déployés

Shared letters: dlopyé. Private to "déployé": -. Private to "déployés": s.

"déployé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV  ·  "déployés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déployé" and "déployés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déployé” sits inside “déployés”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "déployé" or "déployés" show up more?
"déployé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,664 in our French list, against #17,119 for "déployés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "déployé" vs "déployés" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déployé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déployés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #301,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déployé" and "déployés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déployées vs déployés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #301,586 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