Which to use
“déçoit” is a verb and “dépôt” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,529
- “déçoit” frequency rank
- #3,136
- “dépôt” frequency rank
- 26665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déçoit | dépôt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décevoir. | Action de déposer, de placer une chose en quelque endroit, ou de remettre, de confier une chose à quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes déçoit and dépôt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. déçoit runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against dépôt's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: déçoit vs dépôt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: déçoit is \de.swa\ while dépôt is \de.po\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déçoit is recorded at frequency rank #23,529, classified as averb, pronounced \de.swa\. dépôt is at rank #3,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.po\.
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 26665, this pair ranks #333,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of déçoit vs dépôt
Shared letters: dté. Private to "déçoit": ioç. Private to "dépôt": pô.
"déçoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dépôt" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déçoit" and "dépôt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "déçoit" or "dépôt"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "déçoit" and "dépôt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "déçoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépôt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déçoit" and "dépôt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déçoit vs démolit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,567 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.