décolorée
\de.kɔ.lɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“décolorée” is uncommon French (frequency #89,630 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,630
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de décoloré.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décolorée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.kɔ.lɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décolorée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
décolorée is uncommon French at frequency #89,630 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.kɔ.lɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de décoloré.".
Zero misspellings are on record for décolorée in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is décolorée, spelled D-É-C-O-L-O-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de décoloré.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-O-L-O-R-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kɔ.lɔ.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.