dupe
French, noun
dupe is spelled D-U-P-E (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dupe is a French feminine noun meaning “a person who has been deceived” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of duper. With an accent, dupé is a different word: “past participle of duper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui a été trompé, ou qui est facile à tromper”.
What does dupe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea person who has been deceived
être dupe
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of duper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui a été trompé, ou qui est facile à tromper.
noun: 1. Produit conçu par duplicata, par copie.
adjective: 1. Qui se laisse avoir facilement. → voir être dupe
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dupe
- dupes plural
- dupée feminine
- dupés masculine plural
- dupées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dupe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dupe in French?
dupe appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).