Which to use
“décennie” and “décennies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,813
- “décennie” frequency rank
- #4,145
- “décennies” frequency rank
- 10958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décennie | décennies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Période de dix ans. | Pluriel de décennie. |
Same sound, different letters: décennie vs décennies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: décennie vs décennies
This is the hard kind. décennie and décennies are pronounced identically (\de.se.ni\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “décennie” sits inside “décennies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décennie is recorded at frequency rank #6,813, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.se.ni\. décennies is at rank #4,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.se.ni\.
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 10958, this pair ranks #411,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décennie vs décennies
Shared letters: cdeiné. Private to "décennie": -. Private to "décennies": s.
"décennie" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "décennies" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "décennie" for "décennies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "décennie" vs "décennies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "décennie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décennies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décennie" and "décennies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décennale vs décennie". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #411,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.