Which to use
“décédées” and “décédés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,995
- “décédées” frequency rank
- #18,181
- “décédés” frequency rank
- 53176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décédées | décédés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de décédé. | Masculin pluriel de décédé. |
Same sound, different letters: décédées vs décédés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. décédées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against décédés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: décédées vs décédés
This is the hard kind. décédées and décédés are pronounced identically (\de.se.de\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décédées is recorded at frequency rank #34,995, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.se.de\. décédés is at rank #18,181, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.se.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 53176, this pair ranks #142,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décédées vs décédés
Shared letters: cdsé. Private to "décédées": e. Private to "décédés": -.
"décédées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "décédés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décédées" and "décédés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "décédées" vs "décédés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"décédées" and "décédés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "décédées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décédés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décédées" and "décédés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décédées vs décèdent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #142,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.