Which to use
“décompte” is a noun and “découpé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,024
- “décompte” frequency rank
- #17,935
- “découpé” frequency rank
- 31959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décompte | découpé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qu’il y a à rabattre, à déduire sur une somme qu’on paie. | Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. |
Letter map: décompte vs découpé
Shared letters muted; letters that set décompte and découpé apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. décompte runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against découpé's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - décompte and découpé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: décompte is anoun and découpéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décompte is recorded at frequency rank #14,024, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔ̃t\. 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 31959, this pair ranks #300,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décompte vs découpé
Shared letters: cdopé. Private to "décompte": emt. Private to "découpé": u.
"décompte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "décompte" and "découpé" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "décompte" or "découpé" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "décompte" 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 #300,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décompte" and "découpé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpé vs décousu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #300,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.