Which to use
“décorées” and “décorés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,945
- “décorées” frequency rank
- #23,523
- “décorés” frequency rank
- 48468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décorées | décorés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de décoré. | Masculin pluriel de décoré. |
Same sound, different letters: décorées vs décorés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. décorées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against décorés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: décorées vs décorés
This is the hard kind. décorées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décorées is recorded at frequency rank #24,945, 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 48468, this pair ranks #178,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décorées vs décorés
Shared letters: cdorsé. Private to "décorées": e. Private to "décorés": -.
"décorées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "décorés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "décorées" for "décorés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "décorées" vs "décorés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "décorées" / "décorés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "décorées" 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 #178,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décorées" and "décorés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorées vs décorent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #178,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.