déposevsdéposeraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dépose is a noun, déposera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dépose” is a noun and “déposera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,431
“dépose” frequency rank
#44,999
“déposera” frequency rank
52430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dépose déposera
Definition Action d’enlever ce qui était posé. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de déposer.

Where the eye mixes dépose and déposera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dépose runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against déposera's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dépose
8 ch
déposera

Why the eye confuses dépose with déposera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dépose is \de.poz\ while déposera is \de.pɔ.zə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “dépose” sits inside “déposera”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dépose is recorded at frequency rank #7,431, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.poz\. déposera is at rank #44,999, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.pɔ.zə.ʁa\.

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 52430, this pair ranks #147,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dépose vs déposera

Shared letters: deopsé. Private to "dépose": -. Private to "déposera": ar.

"dépose" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "déposera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dépose" for "déposera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dépose" is a noun and "déposera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dépose" vs "déposera" - which ranks higher?
"dépose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,431 in our French list, against #44,999 for "déposera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "dépose" and "déposera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dépose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déposera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dépose" and "déposera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déposa vs déposera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #147,777 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