Which to use
“décorée” and “découpée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,179
- “décorée” frequency rank
- #29,326
- “découpée” frequency rank
- 47505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décorée | découpée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de décoré. | Féminin singulier de découpé. |
Where the eye mixes décorée and découpée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. décorée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against découpée's 8 (CVCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses décorée with découpée
A purely visual mix-up. décorée (\de.kɔ.ʁe\) and découpée (\de.ku.pe\) 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 47505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décorée is recorded at frequency rank #18,179, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.kɔ.ʁe\. découpée is at rank #29,326, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.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 47505, this pair ranks #186,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décorée vs découpée
Shared letters: cdeoé. Private to "décorée": r. Private to "découpée": pu.
"décorée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "découpée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "décorée" and "découpée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "décorée" vs "découpée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "décorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découpée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "décorée" and "découpée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpée vs dégoûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #186,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.