Which to use
“déroge” is a verb and “drogue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,401
- “déroge” frequency rank
- #2,772
- “drogue” frequency rank
- 46173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déroge | drogue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déroger. | Substance psychotrope provoquant le plus souvent une dépendance et utilisée pour modifier son état mental, en particulier substance illégale dont l’usage est réprouvé. |
Where the eye mixes déroge and drogue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. déroge (CVCVCV) and drogue (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: déroge vs drogue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déroge is \de.ʁɔʒ\ while drogue is \dʁɔɡ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déroge is recorded at frequency rank #43,401, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ʁɔʒ\. drogue is at rank #2,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɔɡ\.
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 46173, this pair ranks #197,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déroge vs drogue
Shared letters: degor. Private to "déroge": é. Private to "drogue": u.
"déroge" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "drogue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- drogue ← ddrogue · dorgue · drgoue · drogeu · droggue · drouge · drrogue · rdogue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déroge" and "drogue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "déroge" vs "drogue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "déroge" and "drogue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "déroge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drogue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déroge" and "drogue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "derme vs déroge". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #197,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.