Which to use
“décorés” is an adjective and “dehors” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,523
- “décorés” frequency rank
- #935
- “dehors” frequency rank
- 24458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décorés | dehors |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de décoré. | À l’extérieur. |
Where the eye mixes décorés and dehors
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. décorés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against dehors's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses décorés with dehors
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: décorés is \de.kɔ.ʁe\ while dehors is \də.ɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décorés is recorded at frequency rank #23,523, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.kɔ.ʁe\. dehors is at rank #935, tagged as anadv, pronounced \də.ɔʁ\.
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 24458, this pair ranks #346,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décorés vs dehors
Shared letters: dors. Private to "décorés": cé. Private to "dehors": eh.
"décorés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dehors" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dehors ← ddehors · dehhors · dehorrs · dehorss · dehosr · dehros · deohrs · dheors
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décorés" and "dehors" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "décorés" vs "dehors" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "décorés" and "dehors" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "décorés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dehors" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décorés" and "dehors" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs décorés". 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 #346,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.