Which to use
“déportée” and “déportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,306
- “déportée” frequency rank
- #19,818
- “déportés” frequency rank
- 67124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déportée | déportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de déporté. | Masculin pluriel de déporté. |
Same sound, different letters: déportée vs déportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déportée (CVCVCCVV) and déportés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - déportée / déportés
This is the hard kind. déportée 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 a single letter - e in “déportée” becomes s in “déportés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déportée is recorded at frequency rank #47,306, 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 67124, this pair ranks #64,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déportée vs déportés
Shared letters: doprté. Private to "déportée": e. Private to "déportés": s.
"déportée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "déportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déportée" for "déportés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "déportée" or "déportés" show up more?
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 "déportée" 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 #64,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déportée" and "déportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégoûtée vs déportée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #64,787 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.