Which to use
“découpée” and “découpées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,326
- “découpée” frequency rank
- #33,652
- “découpées” frequency rank
- 62978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découpée | découpées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de découpé. | Féminin pluriel de découpé. |
Same sound, different letters: découpée vs découpées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. découpée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against découpées's 9 (CVCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - découpée / découpées
This is the hard kind. découpée and découpées are pronounced identically (\de.ku.pe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “découpée” sits inside “découpées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découpée is recorded at frequency rank #29,326, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ku.pe\. 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 62978, this pair ranks #84,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of découpée vs découpées
Shared letters: cdeopué. Private to "découpée": -. Private to "découpées": s.
"découpée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "découpées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "découpée" 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 #84,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découpée" and "découpées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découpée vs dégoûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.