déployéesvsdéployerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,561
“déployées” frequency rank
#11,394
“déployer” frequency rank
35955
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déployées déployer
Definition Féminin pluriel de déployé. Étendre, développer ce qui était ployé.

Same sound, different letters: déployées vs déployer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déployées runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVVC) against déployer's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
déployées
8 ch
déployer

Homophone desk: déployées vs déployer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déployées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déployées is recorded at frequency rank #24,561, 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 35955, this pair ranks #273,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déployées vs déployer

Shared letters: delopyé. Private to "déployées": s. Private to "déployer": r.

"déployées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC  ·  "déployer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déployées" and "déployer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déployées" is an adjective and "déployer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déployées" 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 #24,561 for "déployées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "déployées" / "déployer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déployées" 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 #273,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déployées" and "déployer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déployées vs diplômées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #273,004 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