Which to use
“découdre” is a verb and “découpé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,736
- “découdre” frequency rank
- #17,935
- “découpé” frequency rank
- 47671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découdre | découpé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Défaire ce qui est cousu. | Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. |
Letter map: découdre vs découpé
Shared letters muted; letters that set découdre and découpé apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. découdre runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against découpé's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for découdre / découpé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: découdre is averb and découpéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découdre is recorded at frequency rank #29,736, classified as averb, pronounced \de.kudʁ\. 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 47671, this pair ranks #185,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découdre vs découpé
Shared letters: cdoué. Private to "découdre": er. Private to "découpé": p.
"découdre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "découdre" and "découpé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "découdre" vs "découpé" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "découdre" vs "découpé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "découdre" 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 #185,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découdre" and "découpé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpé vs décousu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #185,093 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.