Which to use
“débouté” is a noun and “découpé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,395
- “débouté” frequency rank
- #17,935
- “découpé” frequency rank
- 61330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débouté | découpé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rejet d’une demande faite en justice. | Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. |
Letter map: débouté vs découpé
Shared letters muted; letters that set débouté and découpé apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. débouté and découpé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: débouté vs découpé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: débouté is anoun and découpéanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
débouté is recorded at frequency rank #43,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.bu.te\. découpé is at rank #17,935, tagged as anadj.
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 61330, this pair ranks #92,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of débouté vs découpé
Shared letters: doué. Private to "débouté": bt. Private to "découpé": cp.
"débouté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "débouté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découpé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débouté" and "découpé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débouté vs dérouter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #92,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.