Which to use
“coupée” is a noun and “coupées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,633
- “coupée” frequency rank
- #14,648
- “coupées” frequency rank
- 24281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupée | coupées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coupure du pont d’un navire de commerce dont l’arrière est exhaussé pour donner aux cabines plus d’élévation. | Féminin pluriel de coupé. |
Same sound, different letters: coupée vs coupées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - coupée and coupées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: coupée and coupées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ku.pe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coupée” sits inside “coupées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coupée is recorded at frequency rank #9,633, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku.pe\. coupées is at rank #14,648, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ku.pe\.
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 24281, this pair ranks #347,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coupée vs coupées
Shared letters: ceopué. Private to "coupée": -. Private to "coupées": s.
"coupée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "coupées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coupée" for "coupées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coupée" or "coupées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "coupée" / "coupées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coupées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupée" and "coupées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupées vs courges". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #347,498 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.