Which to use
“décalée” and “décalés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,289
- “décalée” frequency rank
- #34,507
- “décalés” frequency rank
- 59796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décalée | décalés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de décalé. | Masculin pluriel de décalé. |
Same sound, different letters: décalée vs décalés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. décalée (CVCVCVV) and décalés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - décalée and décalés
This is the hard kind. décalée and décalés are pronounced identically (\de.ka.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “décalée” becomes s in “décalés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décalée is recorded at frequency rank #25,289, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ka.le\. décalés is at rank #34,507, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ka.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 59796, this pair ranks #101,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of décalée vs décalés
Shared letters: acdlé. Private to "décalée": e. Private to "décalés": s.
"décalée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "décalés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "décalée" and "décalés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "décalée" vs "décalés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "décalée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décalés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décalée" and "décalés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décalés vs décimales". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #101,138 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.