déployéevsdéployerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#21,300
“déployée” frequency rank
#11,394
“déployer” frequency rank
32694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déployée déployer
Definition Féminin singulier de déployé. Étendre, développer ce qui était ployé.

Same sound, different letters: déployée vs déployer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déployée (CVCCVVVV) and déployer (CVCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
déployée
8 ch
déployer

Same sound, different spelling - déployée / déployer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déployée and déployer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.plwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déployée is recorded at frequency rank #21,300, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.plwa.je\. 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 32694, this pair ranks #295,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déployée vs déployer

Shared letters: delopyé. Private to "déployée": -. Private to "déployer": r.

"déployée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV  ·  "déployer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déployée" for "déployer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déployée" is an adjective and "déployer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déployée" 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 #21,300 for "déployée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déployée" 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 #295,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déployée" and "déployer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déblayer vs déployer". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #295,558 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