Which to use
“décès” and “docs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,037
- “décès” frequency rank
- #29,314
- “docs” frequency rank
- 31351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décès | docs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mort naturelle d’une personne. | Pluriel de doc. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set décès and docs apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. décès (\de.sɛ\) and docs (\dɔk\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décès is recorded at frequency rank #2,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.sɛ\. docs is at rank #29,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔk\.
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 31351, this pair ranks #304,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décès vs docs
Shared letters: cds. Private to "décès": èé. Private to "docs": o.
"décès" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "docs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- docs ← dcos · ddocs · doccs · docss · dosc · odcs