Which to use
“décida” and “decide” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,309
- “décida” frequency rank
- #30,555
- “decide” frequency rank
- 39864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décida | decide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de décider. | Décider. |
Where the eye mixes décida and decide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. décida and decide follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between décida and decide
A purely visual mix-up. décida (\de.si.da\) and decide (\dɪˈsɑɪd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décida is recorded at frequency rank #9,309, classified as averb, pronounced \de.si.da\. decide is at rank #30,555, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɪˈsɑɪd\.
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 39864, this pair ranks #244,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décida vs decide
Shared letters: cdi. Private to "décida": aé. Private to "decide": e.
"décida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "decide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- decide ← dceide · ddecide · deccide · decdie · decidde · decied · deicde · edcide
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décida" and "decide" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "décida" or "decide" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "décida" and "decide" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "decide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décida" and "decide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs decide". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #244,792 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.