# DEC vs dja

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### DEC
*noun · IPA \dɛk\ · frequency rank #18,165*
Diplôme d’études collégiales.

### dja
*adverb · IPA \d͡ʒa\ · frequency rank #46,702*
Comme, pareil à.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/dec-vs-dja