Which to use
“décédée” and “décidée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,992
- “décédée” frequency rank
- #10,142
- “décidée” frequency rank
- 19134
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décédée | décidée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de décédé. | Féminin singulier de décidé. |
Where the eye mixes décédée and décidée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. décédée and décidée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between décédée and décidée
A purely visual mix-up. décédée (\de.se.de\) and décidée (\de.si.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - é in “décédée” becomes i in “décidée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décédée is recorded at frequency rank #8,992, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.se.de\. décidée is at rank #10,142, 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 19134, this pair ranks #374,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décédée vs décidée
Shared letters: cdeé. Private to "décédée": -. Private to "décidée": i.
"décédée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "décidée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décédée" and "décidée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "décédée" or "décidée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "décédée" and "décidée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décédée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décidée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décédée" and "décidée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décédée vs décèdent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #374,810 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.