Which to use
“décevante” and “décevantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,187
- “décevante” frequency rank
- #46,123
- “décevantes” frequency rank
- 70310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décevante | décevantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de décevant. | Féminin pluriel de décevant. |
Same sound, different letters: décevante vs décevantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. décevante runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against décevantes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: décevante vs décevantes
This is the hard kind. décevante and décevantes are pronounced identically (\de.sə.vɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “décevante” sits inside “décevantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décevante is recorded at frequency rank #24,187, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.sə.vɑ̃t\. décevantes is at rank #46,123, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.sə.vɑ̃t\.
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 70310, this pair ranks #51,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of décevante vs décevantes
Shared letters: acdentvé. Private to "décevante": -. Private to "décevantes": s.
"décevante" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "décevantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "décevante" and "décevantes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "décevante" vs "décevantes" - 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 "décevante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décevantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décevante" and "décevantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décevantes vs décevants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #51,804 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.