Which to use
“dépouille” is a noun and “dépouillée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,612
- “dépouille” frequency rank
- #42,306
- “dépouillée” frequency rank
- 57918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépouille | dépouillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peau qui, au moment de la mue, se détache du corps des serpents et de certains insectes. | Féminin singulier de dépouillé. |
Where the eye mixes dépouille and dépouillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. dépouille runs 9 letters (CVCVVVCCV) against dépouillée's 10 (CVCVVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dépouille and dépouillée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dépouille is \de.puj\ while dépouillée is \de.pu.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépouille is recorded at frequency rank #15,612, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.puj\. dépouillée is at rank #42,306, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pu.je\.
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 57918, this pair ranks #112,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dépouille vs dépouillée
Shared letters: deilopué. Private to "dépouille": -. Private to "dépouillée": -.
"dépouille" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCCV · "dépouillée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dépouille" for "dépouillée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dépouille" or "dépouillée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dépouille" and "dépouillée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépouille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépouillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépouille" and "dépouillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépouillée vs dépouiller". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #112,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.