dérouléesvsdéroulerConfusable pair

Quick tell: déroulées is a noun, dérouler is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“déroulées” is a noun and “dérouler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,984
“déroulées” frequency rank
#11,956
“dérouler” frequency rank
37940
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déroulées dérouler
Definition Pluriel de déroulée. Étendre ce qui était roulé et le mettre de son long.

Same sound, different letters: déroulées vs dérouler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déroulées runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVVC) against dérouler's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
déroulées
8 ch
dérouler

Ear matches; page differs - déroulées and dérouler

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: déroulées and dérouler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.ʁu.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déroulées is recorded at frequency rank #25,984, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ʁu.le\. dérouler is at rank #11,956, tagged as averb, 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 37940, this pair ranks #258,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déroulées vs dérouler

Shared letters: delorué. Private to "déroulées": s. Private to "dérouler": -.

"déroulées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC  ·  "dérouler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déroulées" and "dérouler" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déroulées" is a noun and "dérouler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déroulées" or "dérouler" show up more?
"dérouler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,956 in our French list, against #25,984 for "déroulées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "déroulées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dérouler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déroulées" and "dérouler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déroula vs dérouler". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #258,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list