déçusvsdomusTell them apart

Quick tell: déçus is a adjective, domus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“déçus” is an adjective and “domus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,572
“déçus” frequency rank
#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
55462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déçus domus
Definition Masculin pluriel de déçu. Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Letter map: déçus vs domus

Shared letters muted; letters that set déçus and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. déçus and domus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
déçus
5 ch
domus

Part-of-speech tell for déçus / domus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: déçus is anadjective and domusanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déçus is recorded at frequency rank #11,572, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.sy\. domus is at rank #43,890, tagged as anoun.

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 55462, this pair ranks #127,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déçus vs domus

Shared letters: dsu. Private to "déçus": çé. Private to "domus": mo.

"déçus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domus ← ddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déçus" for "domus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "déçus" is an adjective and "domus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "déçus" or "domus" show up more?
"déçus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,572 in our French list, against #43,890 for "domus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "déçus" and "domus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "déçus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déçus" and "domus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs domus". 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 #127,289 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