Which to use
“décerner” and “décernés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,841
- “décerner” frequency rank
- #35,476
- “décernés” frequency rank
- 59317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décerner | décernés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établir à l’adresse de quelqu’un, délivrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de décerner. |
Same sound, different letters: décerner vs décernés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. décerner and décernés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - décerner and décernés
This is the hard kind. décerner and décernés are pronounced identically (\de.sɛʁ.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décerner is recorded at frequency rank #23,841, classified as averb, pronounced \de.sɛʁ.ne\. décernés is at rank #35,476, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.sɛʁ.ne\.
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 59317, this pair ranks #103,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of décerner vs décernés
Shared letters: cdenré. Private to "décerner": -. Private to "décernés": s.
"décerner" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "décernés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décerner" and "décernés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "décerner" or "décernés"?
Useful next steps
"décerner" and "décernés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "décerner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décernés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décerner" and "décernés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décents vs décernés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #103,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.