déposéevsdéposéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#8,993
“déposée” frequency rank
#12,956
“déposées” frequency rank
21949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déposée déposées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de déposer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de déposer.

Same sound, different letters: déposée vs déposées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déposée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against déposées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
déposée
8 ch
déposées

Homophone desk: déposée vs déposées

This is the hard kind. déposée and déposées are pronounced identically (\de.pɔ.ze\) and both work as averb. 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) - “déposée” sits inside “déposées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déposée is recorded at frequency rank #8,993, classified as averb, pronounced \de.pɔ.ze\. déposées is at rank #12,956, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.pɔ.ze\.

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 21949, this pair ranks #360,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of déposée vs déposées

Shared letters: deopsé. Private to "déposée": -. Private to "déposées": -.

"déposée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "déposées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déposée" for "déposées" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.pɔ.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "déposée" vs "déposées" - which ranks higher?
"déposée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,993 in our French list, against #12,956 for "déposées". 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 "déposée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déposées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #360,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déposée" and "déposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépasses vs déposées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #360,574 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