Which to use
“déroulée” is a noun and “désolée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,862
- “déroulée” frequency rank
- #5,338
- “désolée” frequency rank
- 16200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déroulée | désolée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Groupe de personnes se déplaçant ensemble. | Féminin singulier de désolé. |
Where the eye mixes déroulée and désolée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déroulée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against désolée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between déroulée and désolée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déroulée is \de.ʁu.le\ while désolée is \de.zɔ.le\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16200, 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\. désolée is at rank #5,338, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.zɔ.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 16200, this pair ranks #388,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of déroulée vs désolée
Shared letters: deloé. Private to "déroulée": ru. Private to "désolée": s.
"déroulée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "désolée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déroulée" and "désolée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "déroulée" or "désolée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "déroulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "désolée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déroulée" and "désolée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déroula vs déroulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #388,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.