Which to use
“découpé” and “dévoué” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,935
- “découpé” frequency rank
- #17,942
- “dévoué” frequency rank
- 35877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découpé | dévoué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est coupé en plusieurs parties. | Qui est disposé à tout faire pour être utile ou agréable à quelqu’un. |
Letter map: découpé vs dévoué
Shared letters muted; letters that set découpé and dévoué apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. découpé runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against dévoué's 6 (CVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on découpé vs dévoué
découpé and dévoué 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découpé is recorded at frequency rank #17,935, classified as anadj. dévoué is at rank #17,942, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.vwe\.
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 35877, this pair ranks #273,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découpé vs dévoué
Shared letters: doué. Private to "découpé": cp. Private to "dévoué": v.
"découpé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "dévoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "découpé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévoué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découpé" and "dévoué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Devaux vs dévoué". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #273,585 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.