Which to use
“décor” and “devon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,567
- “décor” frequency rank
- #24,540
- “devon” frequency rank
- 29107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décor | devon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui enjolive, en parlant du papier, de la peinture, des ornements. | Poisson artificiel servant d’appât. |
Where the eye mixes décor and devon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. décor and devon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between décor and devon
A purely visual mix-up. décor (\de.kɔʁ\) and devon (\də.vɔ̃\) 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 29107, 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\. devon is at rank #24,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.vɔ̃\.
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 29107, this pair ranks #318,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décor vs devon
Shared letters: do. Private to "décor": cré. Private to "devon": env.
"décor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "devon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devon ← ddevon · deovn · devno · devonn · devvon · dveon · edvon
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décor" and "devon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "décor" or "devon" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "décor" and "devon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décor" and "devon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devins vs devon". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #318,701 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.