découpévsdécoupéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“découpé” and “découpées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,935
“découpé” frequency rank
#33,652
“découpées” frequency rank
51587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature découpé découpées
Definition Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. Féminin pluriel de découpé.

Letter map: découpé vs découpées

Shared letters muted; letters that set découpé and découpées apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. découpé runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against découpées's 9 (CVCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
découpé
9 ch
découpées

Spelling & dictionary notes on découpé vs découpées

découpé and découpées are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “découpé” sits inside “découpées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

découpé is recorded at frequency rank #17,935, classified as anadj. découpées is at rank #33,652, 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 51587, this pair ranks #153,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of découpé vs découpées

Shared letters: cdopué. Private to "découpé": -. Private to "découpées": es.

"découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "découpées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "découpé" and "découpées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “découpé” sits inside “découpées”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "découpé" or "découpées" show up more?
"découpé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,935 in our French list, against #33,652 for "découpées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "découpé" vs "découpées" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "découpé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "découpées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "découpé" and "découpées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpé vs décousu". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #153,906 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