Which to use
“déportés” is an adjective and “dépôts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,818
- “déportés” frequency rank
- #6,499
- “dépôts” frequency rank
- 26317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déportés | dépôts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de déporté. | Pluriel de dépôt. |
Where the eye mixes déportés and dépôts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. déportés runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against dépôts's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses déportés with dépôts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déportés is \de.pɔʁ.te\ while dépôts is \de.po\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déportés is recorded at frequency rank #19,818, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pɔʁ.te\. dépôts is at rank #6,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.po\.
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 26317, this pair ranks #335,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of déportés vs dépôts
Shared letters: dpsté. Private to "déportés": or. Private to "dépôts": ô.
"déportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "dépôts" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "déportés" and "dépôts" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "déportés" or "dépôts" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "déportés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépôts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déportés" and "dépôts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déportée vs déportés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #335,774 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.