Which to use
“déséquilibrée” and “déséquilibrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,908
- “déséquilibrée” frequency rank
- #49,053
- “déséquilibrés” frequency rank
- 92961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déséquilibrée | déséquilibrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de déséquilibré. | Masculin pluriel de déséquilibré. |
Same sound, different letters: déséquilibrée vs déséquilibrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. déséquilibrée (CVCVCVVCVCCVV) and déséquilibrés (CVCVCVVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - déséquilibrée and déséquilibrés
This is the hard kind. déséquilibrée 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 a single letter - e in “déséquilibrée” becomes s in “déséquilibrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déséquilibrée is recorded at frequency rank #43,908, 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 92961, this pair ranks #2,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of déséquilibrée vs déséquilibrés
Shared letters: bdilqrsué. Private to "déséquilibrée": e. Private to "déséquilibrés": -.
"déséquilibrée" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCCVV · "déséquilibrés" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"déséquilibrée" and "déséquilibrés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "déséquilibrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déséquilibrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déséquilibrée" and "déséquilibrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déséquilibré vs déséquilibrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.