décisif

\de.si.zif\

/\de.si.zif\/ adj

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The verdict

“décisif” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,989
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui emporte la décision.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decisif · décisif · French

décisif · rank #8,989 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,989
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dresse

Nearest frequency peer: dresse (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « décisif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « décisif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

décisif vs décisive
75% similar
décisif vs décisifs
88% similar
décisif vs decision
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for décisif
PropertyValue
Headworddécisif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.si.zif\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,989
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « décisif »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.décisifse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dresse » (#8,988), « déclarée » (#8,990), « dragons » (#8,987). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « décisif » est au #8,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around décisif (IPA \de.si.zif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,989 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for décisif, with forms such as "dcéisif", "ddécisif", and "decisif". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "décisive", "décisifs", "decision", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is décisif, spelled D-É-C-I-S-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui emporte la décision.
  2. 2
    Qui décide ; qui apporte une solution ; qui est déterminant.
  3. 3
    Qualifie la passe permettant à un partenaire de marquer un panier (basketball), un but (football, handball), un essai (rugby), etc.
  4. 4
    Qui dénote dans la décision une hardiesse mêlée de quelque arrogance, en parlant des personnes et de leurs actions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how décisif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un avantage décisif
  2. La laïcité est engagée dans une lutte âpre et décisive contre le cléricalisme. L'État se bat contre l'Église.

This word in other languages

decisive(English)entscheidend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcéisif
  • ddécisif
  • decisif
  • déccisif
  • déciisf
  • décisfi
  • décisiff
  • décissif
  • décsiif
  • déicsif
  • édcisif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décisif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dcéisif2ddécisif1decisif1déccisif1déciisf2décisfi2décisiff1décissif1
Edit distance from "décisif"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "décisif"?
"décisif" is spelled D-É-C-I-S-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \de.si.zif\.
What does "décisif" mean?
As an adjective, "décisif" means: Qui emporte la décision.
What words are commonly confused with "décisif"?
"décisif" is commonly confused with "décisive", "décisifs", "decision". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "décisif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décisif" is \de.si.zif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décisif" come from?
"décisif" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "décisif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dragons#8,987décédée#8,992déposée#8,993diviser#8,985

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

dépêche11 variantsdevenues11 variantsentendue11 variantschanges11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list