Which to use
“decider” and “délirer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,731
- “decider” frequency rank
- #36,817
- “délirer” frequency rank
- 78548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | decider | délirer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Décider. | Avoir le délire ; être en délire. |
Where the eye mixes decider and délirer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. decider and délirer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses decider with délirer
A purely visual mix-up. decider (\de.t͡si.ˈdɛr\) and délirer (\de.li.ʁe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78548, 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\. délirer is at rank #36,817, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.li.ʁe\.
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 78548, this pair ranks #25,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of decider vs délirer
Shared letters: deir. Private to "decider": c. Private to "délirer": lé.
"decider" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "délirer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- decider ← dceider · ddecider · deccider · decdier · decidder · deciderr · decidre · deciedr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "decider" and "délirer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "decider" or "délirer" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "decider" and "délirer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "decider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délirer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "decider" and "délirer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decider vs délier". 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 #25,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.