DekorvsdoorTell them apart

Which to use

“Dekor” and “door” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,992
“Dekor” frequency rank
#25,962
“door” frequency rank
58954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dekor door
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Where the eye mixes Dekor and door

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Dekor runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against door's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Dekor
4 ch
door

Visual trap between Dekor and door

A purely visual mix-up. Dekor ([deˈkoːɐ̯]) and door ([dɔː]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dekor is recorded at frequency rank #32,992, classified as anoun, pronounced [deˈkoːɐ̯]. door is at rank #25,962, tagged as anoun, pronounced [dɔː].

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 58954, this pair ranks #842,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Dekor vs door

Shared letters: dor. Private to "Dekor": ek. Private to "door": -.

"Dekor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Dekor ← ddekor · dekkor · dekorr · dekro · deokr · dkeor · edkor
  • door ← ddoor · doorr · odor

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Dekor" and "door" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([deˈkoːɐ̯] versus [dɔː]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Dekor" vs "door" - which ranks higher?
"door" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,962 in our German list, against #32,992 for "Dekor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Dekor" and "door" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dekor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "door" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #842,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dekor" and "door" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dekor vs devot". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #842,873 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list