Which to use
“dérapage” and “dérapages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,606
- “dérapage” frequency rank
- #25,983
- “dérapages” frequency rank
- 47589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dérapage | dérapages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de déraper ; résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de dérapage. |
Same sound, different letters: dérapage vs dérapages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. dérapage runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dérapages's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: dérapage vs dérapages
This is the hard kind. dérapage and dérapages are pronounced identically (\de.ʁa.paʒ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “dérapage” sits inside “dérapages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dérapage is recorded at frequency rank #21,606, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ʁa.paʒ\. dérapages is at rank #25,983, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ʁa.paʒ\.
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 47589, this pair ranks #185,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dérapage vs dérapages
Shared letters: adegpré. Private to "dérapage": -. Private to "dérapages": s.
"dérapage" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "dérapages" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dérapage" and "dérapages" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dérapage" or "dérapages"?
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 "dérapage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dérapages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dérapage" and "dérapages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décalages vs dérapages". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #185,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.