Which to use
“décimée” is a verb and “déprimée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,299
- “décimée” frequency rank
- #26,705
- “déprimée” frequency rank
- 69004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décimée | déprimée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de décimer. | Féminin singulier de déprimé. |
Where the eye mixes décimée and déprimée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. décimée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against déprimée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: décimée vs déprimée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: décimée is \de.si.me\ while déprimée is \de.pʁi.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décimée is recorded at frequency rank #42,299, classified as averb, pronounced \de.si.me\. déprimée is at rank #26,705, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pʁi.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 69004, this pair ranks #56,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of décimée vs déprimée
Shared letters: deimé. Private to "décimée": c. Private to "déprimée": pr.
"décimée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "déprimée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décimée" and "déprimée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "décimée" or "déprimée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "décimée" and "déprimée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décimée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déprimée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décimée" and "déprimée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décimale vs décimée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #56,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.