déçoisvsdéçoitConfusable pair

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.

6 ch
déçois
6 ch
déçoit

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.swa\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "déçois" or "déçoit"?
"déçoit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,529 in our French list, against #30,584 for "déçois". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list