Which to use
“décorés” is an adjective and “dévorer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,523
- “décorés” frequency rank
- #17,692
- “dévorer” frequency rank
- 41215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décorés | dévorer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de décoré. | Manger avec voracité et rapidité (le sujet désigne un animal carnassier). |
Where the eye mixes décorés and dévorer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. décorés and dévorer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: décorés vs dévorer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: décorés is \de.kɔ.ʁe\ while dévorer is \de.vɔ.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41215, 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\. dévorer is at rank #17,692, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.vɔ.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 41215, this pair ranks #234,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décorés vs dévorer
Shared letters: doré. Private to "décorés": cs. Private to "dévorer": ev.
"décorés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dévorer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "décorés" and "dévorer" 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 "dévorer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décorés" and "dévorer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décorent vs décorés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #234,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.