Which to use
“déroge” is a verb and “drone” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,401
- “déroge” frequency rank
- #9,472
- “drone” frequency rank
- 52873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déroge | drone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déroger. | Engin mobile terrestre, aérien, naval ou spatial, sans équipage embarqué, programmé ou télécommandé, et qui peut être réutilisé. |
Where the eye mixes déroge and drone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. déroge runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against drone's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: déroge vs drone
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déroge is \de.ʁɔʒ\ while drone is \dʁon\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52873, 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\. drone is at rank #9,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁon\.
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 52873, this pair ranks #144,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déroge vs drone
Shared letters: deor. Private to "déroge": gé. Private to "drone": n.
"déroge" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "drone" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- drone ← ddrone · dorne · drnoe · droen · dronne · drrone · rdone
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "déroge" and "drone" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "déroge" vs "drone" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "déroge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déroge" and "drone" 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 #144,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.