decoupage
/ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/
"decoupage" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decoupage” is uncommon English (frequency #98,004 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,004
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-decoupage · decoupage · English
decoupage · rank #98,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,004
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Deighton
Nearest frequency peer: Deighton (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “decoupage”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dartboard
dartboard
2,005 corpus weight
- dawdle
dawdle
2,002 corpus weight
- deas
deas
1,999 corpus weight
- decoupage
decoupage
1,997 corpus weight
- Deighton
Deighton
1,996 corpus weight
- dement
dement
1,992 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “decoupage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decoupage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “decoupage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
decoupage is uncommon English at frequency #98,004 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
decoupage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”). The correct English form is decoupage, spelled D-E-C-O-U-P-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
- 2An artwork made by this technique.
Etymology
Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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