Which to use
“déséquilibré” and “déséquilibrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,850
- “déséquilibré” frequency rank
- #49,053
- “déséquilibrés” frequency rank
- 72903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déséquilibré | déséquilibrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a perdu l’équilibre. | Masculin pluriel de déséquilibré. |
Same sound, different letters: déséquilibré vs déséquilibrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. déséquilibré and déséquilibrés are pronounced identically (\de.ze.ki.li.bʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “déséquilibré” sits inside “déséquilibrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déséquilibré is recorded at frequency rank #23,850, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ze.ki.li.bʁe\. déséquilibrés is at rank #49,053, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ze.ki.li.bʁe\.
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 72903, this pair ranks #42,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déséquilibré vs déséquilibrés
Shared letters: bdilqrsué. Private to "déséquilibré": -. Private to "déséquilibrés": -.
"déséquilibré" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCCV · "déséquilibrés" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCCVC