Which to use
“décor” and “décors” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,567
- “décor” frequency rank
- #8,382
- “décors” frequency rank
- 12949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décor | décors |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui enjolive, en parlant du papier, de la peinture, des ornements. | Pluriel de décor. |
Same sound, different letters: décor vs décors
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. décor runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against décors's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - décor and décors
This is the hard kind. décor and décors are pronounced identically (\de.kɔʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “décor” sits inside “décors”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décor is recorded at frequency rank #4,567, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔʁ\. décors is at rank #8,382, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔʁ\.
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 12949, this pair ranks #403,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décor vs décors
Shared letters: cdoré. Private to "décor": -. Private to "décors": s.
"décor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "décors" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "décor" for "décors" ever safe?
Frequency check: "décor" vs "décors" - which ranks higher?
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 "décor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décors" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décor" and "décors" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décors vs décousu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #403,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.