décotevsdécoupéConfusable pair

Quick tell: décote is a noun, découpé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“décote” is a noun and “découpé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,242
“décote” frequency rank
#17,935
“découpé” frequency rank
59177
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature décote découpé
Definition Réduction de la cote, baisse de la valeur. Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties.

Letter map: décote vs découpé

Shared letters muted; letters that set décote and découpé apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. décote runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against découpé's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
décote
7 ch
découpé

Role in the sentence - décote and découpé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: décote is anoun and découpéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

décote is recorded at frequency rank #41,242, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.kɔt\. 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 59177, this pair ranks #104,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of décote vs découpé

Shared letters: cdoé. Private to "décote": et. Private to "découpé": pu.

"décote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "décote" and "découpé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "décote" is a noun and "découpé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "décote" vs "découpé" - which ranks higher?
"découpé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,935 in our French list, against #41,242 for "décote". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "décote" and "découpé".

  • Full dictionary entry for "décote" 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 #104,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "décote" and "découpé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs décote". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #104,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list