déposéevsdéposezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,993
“déposée” frequency rank
#25,294
“déposez” frequency rank
34287
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déposée déposez
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de déposer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déposer.

Same sound, different letters: déposée vs déposez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. déposée (CVCVCVV) and déposez (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
déposée
7 ch
déposez

Homophone desk: déposée vs déposez

This is the hard kind. déposée and déposez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34287, 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\. déposez is at rank #25,294, 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 34287, this pair ranks #284,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déposée vs déposez

Shared letters: deopsé. Private to "déposée": -. Private to "déposez": z.

"déposée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "déposez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "déposée" and "déposez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "déposez" - which ranks higher?
"déposée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,993 in our French list, against #25,294 for "déposez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "déposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #284,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déposée" and "déposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déposera vs déposez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #284,870 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