Which to use
“découpée” and “dévouée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,326
- “découpée” frequency rank
- #25,296
- “dévouée” frequency rank
- 54622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découpée | dévouée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de découpé. | Féminin singulier de dévoué. |
Where the eye mixes découpée and dévouée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. découpée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against dévouée's 7 (CVCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: découpée vs dévouée
A purely visual mix-up. découpée (\de.ku.pe\) and dévouée (\de.vwe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54622, 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\. dévouée is at rank #25,296, 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 54622, this pair ranks #132,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découpée vs dévouée
Shared letters: deoué. Private to "découpée": cp. Private to "dévouée": v.
"découpée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "dévouée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "découpée" and "dévouée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "découpée" vs "dévouée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "découpée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dévouée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découpée" and "dévouée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dévolues vs dévouée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #132,761 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.