Which to use
“décalées” is a verb and “décidées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,747
- “décalées” frequency rank
- #26,699
- “décidées” frequency rank
- 68446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décalées | décidées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de décaler. | Féminin pluriel de décidé. |
Where the eye mixes décalées and décidées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. décalées and décidées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses décalées with décidées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: décalées is \de.ka.le\ while décidées is \de.si.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décalées is recorded at frequency rank #41,747, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ka.le\. décidées is at rank #26,699, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.si.de\.
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 68446, this pair ranks #59,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of décalées vs décidées
Shared letters: cdesé. Private to "décalées": al. Private to "décidées": i.
"décalées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "décidées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décalées" and "décidées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "décalées" or "décidées" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "décalées" and "décidées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décalées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décidées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décalées" and "décidées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décalages vs décalées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,164 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.