dérouléesvsdéroulésConfusable pair

Which to use

“déroulées” and “déroulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,984
“déroulées” frequency rank
#23,191
“déroulés” frequency rank
49175
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déroulées déroulés
Definition Pluriel de déroulée. Pluriel de déroulé.

Same sound, different letters: déroulées vs déroulés

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

9 ch
déroulées
8 ch
déroulés

Ear matches; page differs - déroulées and déroulés

This is the hard kind. déroulées and déroulés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49175, 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\. déroulés is at rank #23,191, 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 49175, this pair ranks #172,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déroulées vs déroulés

Shared letters: dlorsué. Private to "déroulées": e. Private to "déroulés": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déroulées" and "déroulés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.ʁu.le\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "déroulées" or "déroulés"?
"déroulés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,191 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.

After this comparison

"déroulées" and "déroulés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déroulées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déroulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déroulées" and "déroulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déroula vs déroulés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #172,836 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