Which to use
“décorée” and “décorées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,179
- “décorée” frequency rank
- #24,945
- “décorées” frequency rank
- 43124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décorée | décorées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de décoré. | Féminin pluriel de décoré. |
Same sound, different letters: décorée vs décorées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - décorée / décorées
This is the hard kind. décorée and décorées are pronounced identically (\de.kɔ.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “décorée” sits inside “décorées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décorée is recorded at frequency rank #18,179, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.kɔ.ʁe\. décorées is at rank #24,945, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.kɔ.ʁe\.
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 43124, this pair ranks #220,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décorée vs décorées
Shared letters: cdeoré. Private to "décorée": -. Private to "décorées": s.
"décorée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "décorées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "décorée" and "décorées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "décorée" vs "décorées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"décorée" and "décorées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "décorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décorées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décorée" and "décorées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorées vs décorent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #220,443 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.