Which to use
“déployée” and “déployés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,300
- “déployée” frequency rank
- #17,119
- “déployés” frequency rank
- 38419
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déployée | déployés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de déployé. | Masculin pluriel de déployé. |
Same sound, different letters: déployée vs déployés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déployée (CVCCVVVV) and déployés (CVCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: déployée vs déployés
This is the hard kind. déployée and déployés are pronounced identically (\de.plwa.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “déployée” becomes s in “déployés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38419, 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\. 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 38419, this pair ranks #255,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déployée vs déployés
Shared letters: dlopyé. Private to "déployée": e. Private to "déployés": s.
"déployée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV · "déployés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déployée" and "déployés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "déployée" or "déployés" show up more?
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 "déployés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déployée" and "déployés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déployée vs déployées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #255,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.