Which to use
“découper” and “dérouler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,361
- “découper” frequency rank
- #11,956
- “dérouler” frequency rank
- 27317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découper | dérouler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couper par morceaux une pièce de viande ou détacher un à un les membres d’une pièce de volaille, de gibier. | Étendre ce qui était roulé et le mettre de son long. |
Where the eye mixes découper and dérouler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. découper and dérouler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between découper and dérouler
A purely visual mix-up. découper (\de.ku.pe\) and dérouler (\de.ʁu.le\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découper is recorded at frequency rank #15,361, classified as averb, pronounced \de.ku.pe\. dérouler is at rank #11,956, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.ʁu.le\.
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 27317, this pair ranks #329,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of découper vs dérouler
Shared letters: deorué. Private to "découper": cp. Private to "dérouler": l.
"découper" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "dérouler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "découper" and "dérouler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "découper" or "dérouler" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "découper" and "dérouler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "découper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dérouler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découper" and "dérouler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découper vs dérouter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #329,751 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.