Which to use
“développée” is a verb and “développés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,610
- “développée” frequency rank
- #6,611
- “développés” frequency rank
- 13221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | développée | développés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe développer. | Pluriel de développé. |
Same sound, different letters: développée vs développés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. développée (CVCVCVCCVV) and développés (CVCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: développée vs développés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: développée and développés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dev.lɔ.pe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “développée” becomes s in “développés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13221, 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\. développés is at rank #6,611, tagged as anoun, 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 13221, this pair ranks #401,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of développée vs développés
Shared letters: delopvé. Private to "développée": -. Private to "développés": s.
"développée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVV · "développés" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "développée" and "développés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "développée" vs "développés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"développée" and "développés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "développée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "développés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "développée" and "développés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "développera vs développés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,923 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.