Which to use
“déçois” and “déçoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,584
- “déçois” frequency rank
- #23,529
- “déçoit” frequency rank
- 54113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déçois | déçoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décevoir. |
Same sound, different letters: déçois vs déçoit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. déçois and déçoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: déçois vs déçoit
This is the hard kind. déçois and déçoit are pronounced identically (\de.swa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “déçois” becomes t in “déçoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déçois is recorded at frequency rank #30,584, classified as averb, pronounced \de.swa\. déçoit is at rank #23,529, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.swa\.
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 54113, this pair ranks #136,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déçois vs déçoit
Shared letters: dioçé. Private to "déçois": s. Private to "déçoit": t.
"déçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "déçoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "déçois" and "déçoit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "déçois" or "déçoit"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "déçois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déçoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déçois" and "déçoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déçois vs décousu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #136,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.