Which to use
“décès” and “ducs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,037
- “décès” frequency rank
- #14,017
- “ducs” frequency rank
- 16054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décès | ducs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mort naturelle d’une personne. | Pluriel de duc. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set décès and ducs 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 ducs (\dyk\) 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 16054, 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\. ducs is at rank #14,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dyk\.
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 16054, this pair ranks #389,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décès vs ducs
Shared letters: cds. Private to "décès": èé. Private to "ducs": u.
"décès" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "ducs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ducs ← dcus · dducs · duccs · ducss · dusc · udcs