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“Désolé” is the common way to express “Sorry” in French.
There are many ways to express your apologies in French, which one to choose will depend on the context and how much you want to apologize. Let’s break it into 4 scenarios:
1: Informal context and “normal” apologies, you can use:
2: Formal context and “normal” apologies, use:
3: Informal context and “big” apologies, use instead:
4: Formal context and “big” apologies, you can choose one of those: