Which to use
“déporté” and “déportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,562
- “déporté” frequency rank
- #19,818
- “déportés” frequency rank
- 44380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déporté | déportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a été envoyé en déportation dans un endroit inhospitalier, dont il ne revient généralement pas. | Masculin pluriel de déporté. |
Same sound, different letters: déporté vs déportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déporté runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against déportés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - déporté and déportés
This is the hard kind. déporté and déportés are pronounced identically (\de.pɔʁ.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “déporté” sits inside “déportés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déporté is recorded at frequency rank #24,562, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pɔʁ.te\. déportés is at rank #19,818, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pɔʁ.te\.
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 44380, this pair ranks #210,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déporté vs déportés
Shared letters: doprté. Private to "déporté": -. Private to "déportés": s.
"déporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "déportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "déporté" and "déportés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "déporté" vs "déportés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"déporté" and "déportés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "déporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déporté" and "déportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déporté vs déportée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #210,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.