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“décorés” and “déportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,523
“décorés” frequency rank
#19,818
“déportés” frequency rank
43341
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature décorés déportés
Definition Masculin pluriel de décoré. Masculin pluriel de déporté.

Where the eye mixes décorés and déportés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. décorés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against déportés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
décorés
8 ch
déportés

Look-alike desk: décorés vs déportés

A purely visual mix-up. décorés (\de.kɔ.ʁe\) and déportés (\de.pɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43341, 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\. déportés is at rank #19,818, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pɔʁ.te\.

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 43341, this pair ranks #218,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of décorés vs déportés

Shared letters: dorsé. Private to "décorés": c. Private to "déportés": pt.

"décorés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "déportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "décorés" and "déportés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.kɔ.ʁe\ versus \de.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "décorés" or "déportés"?
"déportés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,818 in our French list, against #23,523 for "décorés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "décorés" and "déportés" 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 "déportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "décorés" and "déportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs décorés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #218,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list