Which to use
“décideur” and “décideurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,994
- “décideur” frequency rank
- #14,457
- “décideurs” frequency rank
- 59451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décideur | décideurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui décide. | Pluriel de décideur. |
Same sound, different letters: décideur vs décideurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. décideur runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against décideurs's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - décideur and décideurs
This is the hard kind. décideur and décideurs are pronounced identically (\de.si.dœʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “décideur” sits inside “décideurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décideur is recorded at frequency rank #44,994, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.si.dœʁ\. décideurs is at rank #14,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.si.dœʁ\.
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 59451, this pair ranks #103,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of décideur vs décideurs
Shared letters: cdeirué. Private to "décideur": -. Private to "décideurs": s.
"décideur" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "décideurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "décideur" for "décideurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "décideur" vs "décideurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "décideur" / "décideurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "décideur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décideurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décideur" and "décideurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décideur vs décodeurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #103,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.