Which to use
“découpé” is an adjective and “découvre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,935
- “découpé” frequency rank
- #2,773
- “découvre” frequency rank
- 20708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découpé | découvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir. |
Letter map: découpé vs découvre
Shared letters muted; letters that set découpé and découvre apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. découpé runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against découvre's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for découpé / découvre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: découpé is anadjective and découvreaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découpé is recorded at frequency rank #17,935, classified as anadj. découvre is at rank #2,773, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.kuvʁ\.
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 20708, this pair ranks #366,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of découpé vs découvre
Shared letters: cdoué. Private to "découpé": p. Private to "découvre": erv.
"découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "découvre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "découpé" vs "découvre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "découpé" vs "découvre" 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 "découvre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découpé" and "découvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpé vs décousu". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #366,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.