Which to use
“déchiré” and “déchirée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,555
- “déchiré” frequency rank
- #22,547
- “déchirée” frequency rank
- 35102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déchiré | déchirée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est séparé, coupé, découpé en plusieurs morceaux. | Féminin singulier de déchiré. |
Same sound, different letters: déchiré vs déchirée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. déchiré runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against déchirée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - déchiré and déchirée
This is the hard kind. déchiré and déchirée are pronounced identically (\de.ʃi.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “déchiré” sits inside “déchirée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déchiré is recorded at frequency rank #12,555, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ʃi.ʁe\. déchirée is at rank #22,547, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ʃi.ʁe\.
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 35102, this pair ranks #279,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of déchiré vs déchirée
Shared letters: cdhiré. Private to "déchiré": -. Private to "déchirée": e.
"déchiré" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "déchirée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déchiré" and "déchirée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "déchiré" vs "déchirée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "déchiré" / "déchirée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "déchiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déchirée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déchiré" and "déchirée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déchirée vs décriée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #279,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.