Which to use
“décrit” and “décrits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,516
- “décrit” frequency rank
- #13,574
- “décrits” frequency rank
- 16090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décrit | décrits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dépeint, exprimé oralement ou par écrit. | Masculin pluriel de décrit. |
Same sound, different letters: décrit vs décrits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. décrit runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against décrits's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: décrit vs décrits
This is the hard kind. décrit and décrits are pronounced identically (\de.kʁi\) 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 extra letter(s) - “décrit” sits inside “décrits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décrit is recorded at frequency rank #2,516, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.kʁi\. décrits is at rank #13,574, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.kʁi\.
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 16090, this pair ranks #389,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décrit vs décrits
Shared letters: cdirté. Private to "décrit": -. Private to "décrits": s.
"décrit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "décrits" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "décrit" for "décrits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "décrit" vs "décrits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "décrit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décrits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décrit" and "décrits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "décents vs décrits". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #389,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.