Which to use
“déroulées” is a noun and “dévoilées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,984
- “déroulées” frequency rank
- #32,393
- “dévoilées” frequency rank
- 58377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déroulées | dévoilées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de déroulée. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de dévoiler. |
Where the eye mixes déroulées and dévoilées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. déroulées and dévoilées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between déroulées and dévoilées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déroulées is \de.ʁu.le\ while dévoilées is \de.vwa.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58377, 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\. dévoilées is at rank #32,393, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vwa.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 58377, this pair ranks #109,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déroulées vs dévoilées
Shared letters: delosé. Private to "déroulées": ru. Private to "dévoilées": iv.
"déroulées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC · "dévoilées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "déroulées" for "dévoilées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "déroulées" or "dévoilées" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "déroulées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoilées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déroulées" and "dévoilées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévoilées vs dévolues". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #109,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.