Which to use
“développée” is a verb and “développées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,610
- “développée” frequency rank
- #11,039
- “développées” frequency rank
- 17649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | développée | développées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe développer. | Féminin pluriel de développé. |
Same sound, different letters: développée vs développées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. développée runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCCVV) against développées's 11 (CVCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: développée vs développées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: développée and développées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dev.lɔ.pe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “développée” sits inside “développées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
développée is recorded at frequency rank #6,610, classified as averb, pronounced \dev.lɔ.pe\. développées is at rank #11,039, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.vlɔ.pe\.
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 17649, this pair ranks #382,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of développée vs développées
Shared letters: delopvé. Private to "développée": -. Private to "développées": s.
"développée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV · "développées" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "développée" and "développées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "développée" or "développées" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "développée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "développées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "développée" and "développées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "développées vs développera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #382,156 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.