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.
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?
In ordinary French text, does "découpé" or "découpées" show up more?
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.