decor
/deɪˈkoɹ/noun
decor is spelled D-E-C-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, decor means “The style of decoration of a room or building” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of decor is decors or décors.
How many letters and syllables are in decor?
| Letters | 5: D-E-C-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is decor?
Decor appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce decor?
- UK /ˈdeɪkɔː/
- US /deɪˈkoɹ/
- US /dɪˈkoɹ/
Decor has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-decor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with decor
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with decor?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as decor from its last stressed vowel (/oɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: credo, coder.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of decor
- decors plural
- décor
- décors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The style of decoration of a room or building.
Her living room had a lush Persian-style decor.
- 2
A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of decor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense decoration:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does decor come from?
Borrowed from French décor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).