décorsvsdémosWhich spelling fits?

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

#8,382
“décors” frequency rank
#38,767
“démos” frequency rank
47149
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature décors démos
Definition Pluriel de décor. Pluriel de démo.

Where the eye mixes décors and démos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. décors runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against démos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
décors
5 ch
démos

Visual trap between décors and démos

A purely visual mix-up. décors (\de.kɔʁ\) and démos (\de.mo\) 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 47149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

décors is recorded at frequency rank #8,382, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔʁ\. démos is at rank #38,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.mo\.

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 47149, this pair ranks #189,188 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of décors vs démos

Shared letters: dosé. Private to "décors": cr. Private to "démos": m.

"décors" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "démos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "décors" and "démos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\de.kɔʁ\ versus \de.mo\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "décors" vs "démos" - which ranks higher?
"décors" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,382 in our French list, against #38,767 for "démos". 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 "décors" and "démos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "décors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "démos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,188 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "décors" and "démos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DDoS vs démos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #189,188 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