dérangeait vs dérangerait

Which to use

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

#30,138
“dérangeait” frequency rank: #29,746
“dérangerait” frequency rank: 59884
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dérangeait	dérangerait
Definition	Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de déranger.	Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de déranger.

Where the eye mixes dérangeait and dérangerait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. dérangeait runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVVVC) against dérangerait's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

dérangeait

11 ch

dérangerait

Why the eye confuses dérangeait with dérangerait

A purely visual mix-up. dérangeait (\de.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ\) and dérangerait (\de.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dérangeait is recorded at frequency rank #30,138, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ\. dérangerait is at rank #29,746, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁɛ\.

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 59884, this pair ranks #100,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dérangeait vs dérangerait

Shared letters: adeginrté. Private to "dérangeait": -. Private to "dérangerait": -.

"dérangeait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVVC · "dérangerait" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dérangeait" and "dérangerait" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently (\de.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ\ versus \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "dérangeait" vs "dérangerait" - which ranks higher?

"dérangerait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,746 in our French list, against #30,138 for "dérangeait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "dérangeait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "dérangerait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #100,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dérangeait" and "dérangerait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dérangeait vs dérangeante". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #100,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.