Which to use
“décorée” and “décorés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,179
- “décorée” frequency rank
- #23,523
- “décorés” frequency rank
- 41702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décorée | décorés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de décoré. | Masculin pluriel de décoré. |
Same sound, different letters: décorée vs décorés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. décorée (CVCVCVV) and décorés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - décorée and décorés
This is the hard kind. décorée and décorés 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 a single letter - e in “décorée” becomes s in “décorés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41702, 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\. décorés is at rank #23,523, 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 41702, this pair ranks #231,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décorée vs décorés
Shared letters: cdoré. Private to "décorée": e. Private to "décorés": s.
"décorée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "décorés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décorée" and "décorés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "décorée" vs "décorés" - 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 "décorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décorés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décorée" and "décorés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs décorés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #231,132 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.