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“découpée” and “dégoûtée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,326
“découpée” frequency rank
#41,245
“dégoûtée” frequency rank
70571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature découpée dégoûtée
Definition Féminin singulier de découpé. Féminin singulier de dégoûté.

Where the eye mixes découpée and dégoûtée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. découpée and dégoûtée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
découpée
8 ch
dégoûtée

Visual trap between découpée and dégoûtée

A purely visual mix-up. découpée (\de.ku.pe\) and dégoûtée (\de.ɡu.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70571, 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\. dégoûtée is at rank #41,245, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ɡu.te\.

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 70571, this pair ranks #50,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of découpée vs dégoûtée

Shared letters: deoé. Private to "découpée": cpu. Private to "dégoûtée": gtû.

"découpée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV  ·  "dégoûtée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "découpée" for "dégoûtée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\de.ku.pe\ versus \de.ɡu.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "découpée" vs "dégoûtée" - which ranks higher?
"découpée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,326 in our French list, against #41,245 for "dégoûtée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "découpée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dégoûtée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "découpée" and "dégoûtée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégoûtée vs déportée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #50,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list