décorer
\de.kɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“décorer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,726
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orner ou parer, en parlant d’ornements d’architecture, de peinture, de sculpture, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decorer · décorer · French
décorer · rank #18,726 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,726
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH décolle
Nearest frequency peer: décolle (-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 « décorer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- déclinaison
déclinaison
81,278 corpus weight
- décliner
décliner
81,277 corpus weight
- décolle
décolle
81,276 corpus weight
- décorer
décorer
81,275 corpus weight
- dégagement
dégagement
81,273 corpus weight
- dépressif
dépressif
81,272 corpus weight
What this shows « décorer » 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 | décorer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « décorer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around décorer (IPA \de.kɔ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,726 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 décorer, with forms such as "dcéorer", "ddécorer", and "decorer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dorer", "décret", "décors", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is décorer, spelled D-É-C-O-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Orner ou parer, en parlant d’ornements d’architecture, de peinture, de sculpture, etc.
- 2Revêtir d’un titre, d’une dignité.
- 3Décorer de la Légion d’honneur.
- 4Embellir une chose par des expressions excessives.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décorer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A l'instar de sa localisation, une vieille bâtisse fougeraise, la Tivabro est décorée à la mode Bretagne d'antan, avec goût et sans folklore tartignole.
Le sanctuaire, dont les piliers sont décorés des statues des Apôtres, était entièrement peint.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcéorer
- ddécorer
- decorer
- déccorer
- décoerr
- décorerr
- décorre
- décorrer
- décroer
- déocrer
- édcorer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décorer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).