Which to use
“décollage” and “décolleté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,388
- “décollage” frequency rank
- #21,291
- “décolleté” frequency rank
- 32679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décollage | décolleté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de décoller, de s’élancer au-dessus du sol. | Forme de la vêture féminine qui laisse apparaître en partie le cou, le dos, la poitrine, les épaules. |
Where the eye mixes décollage and décolleté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. décollage and décolleté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between décollage and décolleté
A purely visual mix-up. décollage (\de.kɔ.laʒ\) and décolleté (\de.kɔl.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décollage is recorded at frequency rank #11,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔ.laʒ\. décolleté is at rank #21,291, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔl.te\.
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 32679, this pair ranks #295,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décollage vs décolleté
Shared letters: cdeloé. Private to "décollage": ag. Private to "décolleté": t.
"décollage" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "décolleté" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "décollage" for "décolleté" ever safe?
Frequency check: "décollage" vs "décolleté" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "décollage" and "décolleté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décollage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décolleté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décollage" and "décolleté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décollent vs décolleté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #295,670 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.