Which to use
“decider” and “décimée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,731
- “decider” frequency rank
- #42,299
- “décimée” frequency rank
- 84030
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | decider | décimée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Décider. | Participe passé féminin singulier de décimer. |
Where the eye mixes decider and décimée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. decider (CVCVCVC) and décimée (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: decider vs décimée
A purely visual mix-up. decider (\de.t͡si.ˈdɛr\) and décimée (\de.si.me\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84030, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
decider is recorded at frequency rank #41,731, classified as averb, pronounced \de.t͡si.ˈdɛr\. décimée is at rank #42,299, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.si.me\.
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 84030, this pair ranks #13,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of decider vs décimée
Shared letters: cdei. Private to "decider": r. Private to "décimée": mé.
"decider" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "décimée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- decider ← dceider · ddecider · deccider · decdier · decidder · deciderr · decidre · deciedr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "decider" for "décimée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "decider" or "décimée"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "decider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décimée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "decider" and "décimée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décimale vs décimée". 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 #13,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.