déployéesvsdéployésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#24,561
“déployées” frequency rank
#17,119
“déployés” frequency rank
41680
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déployées déployés
Definition Féminin pluriel de déployé. Masculin pluriel de déployé.

Same sound, different letters: déployées vs déployés

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

9 ch
déployées
8 ch
déployés

Ear matches; page differs - déployées and déployés

This is the hard kind. déployées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41680, 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\. 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 41680, this pair ranks #231,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déployées vs déployés

Shared letters: dlopsyé. Private to "déployées": e. Private to "déployés": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déployées" and "déployés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.plwa.je\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "déployées" vs "déployés" - which ranks higher?
"déployés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,119 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "déployées" 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 #231,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déployées" and "déployés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déployées vs diplômées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #231,275 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