Which to use
“coupée” and “coupure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,633
- “coupée” frequency rank
- #9,632
- “coupure” frequency rank
- 19265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coupée | coupure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coupure du pont d’un navire de commerce dont l’arrière est exhaussé pour donner aux cabines plus d’élévation. | Séparation ou division faite en tranchant dans un corps continu. |
Where the eye mixes coupée and coupure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coupée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against coupure's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: coupée vs coupure
A purely visual mix-up. coupée (\ku.pe\) and coupure (\ku.pyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19265, 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\. coupure is at rank #9,632, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.pyʁ\.
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 19265, this pair ranks #374,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coupée vs coupure
Shared letters: ceopu. Private to "coupée": é. Private to "coupure": r.
"coupée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "coupure" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- coupure ← ccoupure · copuure · couppure · couprue · coupuer · coupurre · couupre · cuopure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coupée" and "coupure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "coupée" or "coupure"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "coupée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coupure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coupée" and "coupure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupa vs coupée". 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 #374,112 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.