décisionnaire

\de.si.zjɔ̃.nɛʁ\

/\de.si.zjɔ̃.nɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“décisionnaire” is uncommon French (frequency #68,224 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,224
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui prend, ou peut prendre, une décision.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decisionnaire · décisionnaire · French

décisionnaire · rank #68,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,224
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décisionnaires

Nearest frequency peer: décisionnaires (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « décisionnaire »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « décisionnaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for décisionnaire
PropertyValue
Headworddécisionnaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.si.zjɔ̃.nɛʁ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,224
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « décisionnaire » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.décisionnairetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « décisionnaires » (#68,225), « décevra » (#68,222), « déclassée » (#68,226). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « décisionnaire » est au #68,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

décisionnaire is uncommon French at frequency #68,224 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.si.zjɔ̃.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui prend, ou peut prendre, une décision.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for décisionnaire, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 décisionnaire, spelled D-É-C-I-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui prend, ou peut prendre, une décision.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les membres décisionnaires du bureau de direction.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "décisionnaire"?
"décisionnaire" is spelled D-É-C-I-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.si.zjɔ̃.nɛʁ\.
What does "décisionnaire" mean?
As an adjective, "décisionnaire" means: Qui prend, ou peut prendre, une décision.
How do you pronounce "décisionnaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décisionnaire" is \de.si.zjɔ̃.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décisionnaire" come from?
"décisionnaire" 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 "décisionnaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list