Which to use
“décidées” and “dérivées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,699
- “décidées” frequency rank
- #24,201
- “dérivées” frequency rank
- 50900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décidées | dérivées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de décidé. | Féminin pluriel de dérivé. |
Where the eye mixes décidées and dérivées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. décidées and dérivées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between décidées and dérivées
A purely visual mix-up. décidées (\de.si.de\) and dérivées (\de.ʁi.ve\) 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 50900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décidées is recorded at frequency rank #26,699, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.si.de\. dérivées is at rank #24,201, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ʁi.ve\.
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 50900, this pair ranks #159,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décidées vs dérivées
Shared letters: deisé. Private to "décidées": c. Private to "dérivées": rv.
"décidées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "dérivées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décidées" and "dérivées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "décidées" or "dérivées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "décidées" and "dérivées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décidées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dérivées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décidées" and "dérivées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décidées vs désirées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #159,067 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.