Which to use
“déroulée” and “déroulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,862
- “déroulée” frequency rank
- #25,984
- “déroulées” frequency rank
- 36846
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déroulée | déroulées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Groupe de personnes se déplaçant ensemble. | Pluriel de déroulée. |
Same sound, different letters: déroulée vs déroulées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. déroulée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against déroulées's 9 (CVCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - déroulée and déroulées
This is the hard kind. déroulée and déroulées are pronounced identically (\de.ʁu.le\) 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) - “déroulée” sits inside “déroulées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déroulée is recorded at frequency rank #10,862, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ʁu.le\. déroulées is at rank #25,984, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.ʁu.le\.
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 36846, this pair ranks #266,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déroulée vs déroulées
Shared letters: delorué. Private to "déroulée": -. Private to "déroulées": s.
"déroulée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "déroulées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déroulée" for "déroulées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "déroulée" or "déroulées" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "déroulée" / "déroulées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "déroulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déroulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déroulée" and "déroulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpées vs déroulées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #266,729 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.