deco
\ˈdɛ.ʦɔ\
The verdict
“deco” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,324
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deco · deco · French
deco · rank #26,324 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,324
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH desservi
Nearest frequency peer: desservi (+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 « deco »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cèdent
cèdent
73,681 corpus weight
- cônes
cônes
73,680 corpus weight
- deco
deco
73,677 corpus weight
- desservi
desservi
73,676 corpus weight
- différer
différer
73,675 corpus weight
- disparaîtra
disparaîtra
73,673 corpus weight
What this shows « deco » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deco |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdɛ.ʦɔ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « deco »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around deco (IPA \ˈdɛ.ʦɔ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,324 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Décence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for deco, with forms such as "dceo", "ddeco", and "decco". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "des", "duc", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 deco, spelled D-E-C-O.
Definition
- 1Décence.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceo
- ddeco
- decco
- deoc
- edco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).