Decazes
\də.kaz\
The verdict
“Decazes” is uncommon French (frequency #84,689 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,689
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decazes · Decazes · French
Decazes · rank #84,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,689
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH deltas
Nearest frequency peer: deltas (+3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Decazes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- culottée
culottée
15,319 corpus weight
- césariennes
césariennes
15,317 corpus weight
- Decazes
Decazes
15,312 corpus weight
- deltas
deltas
15,309 corpus weight
- dessaisir
dessaisir
15,306 corpus weight
- desservait
desservait
15,305 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Decazes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Decazes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \də.kaz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Decazes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Decazes is uncommon French at frequency #84,689 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \də.kaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Decazes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Decazes, spelled D-E-C-A-Z-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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