decoration

\ˌdɛk.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən\

/\ˌdɛk.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən\/ noun

The verdict

“decoration” is uncommon French (frequency #67,425 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,425
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décoration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decoration · decoration · French

decoration · rank #67,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,425
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Daphnis

Nearest frequency peer: Daphnis (-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 « decoration »

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 « decoration » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for decoration
PropertyValue
Headworddecoration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˌdɛk.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən\
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,425
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « decoration » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Daphnis » (#67,424), « D6 » (#67,423), « demeurez » (#67,427). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « decoration » est au #67,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

decoration is uncommon French at frequency #67,425 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌdɛk.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Décoration.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for decoration, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is decoration, spelled D-E-C-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Décoration.

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 "decoration"?
"decoration" is spelled D-E-C-O-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌdɛk.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən\.
What does "decoration" mean?
As a noun, "decoration" means: Décoration.
How do you pronounce "decoration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "decoration" is \ˌdɛk.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "decoration" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list