Which to use
“découpé” is an adjective and “découper” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,935
- “découpé” frequency rank
- #15,361
- “découper” frequency rank
- 33296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découpé | découper |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. | Couper par morceaux une pièce de viande ou détacher un à un les membres d’une pièce de volaille, de gibier. |
Letter map: découpé vs découper
Shared letters muted; letters that set découpé and découper apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. découpé runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against découper's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for découpé / découper
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: découpé is anadjective and découperaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découpé is recorded at frequency rank #17,935, classified as anadj. découper is at rank #15,361, tagged as averb, 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 33296, this pair ranks #291,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découpé vs découper
Shared letters: cdopué. Private to "découpé": -. Private to "découper": er.
"découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "découper" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "découpé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découpé" and "découper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpé vs décousu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #291,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.