Which to use
“dépouillée” is an adjective and “dépouiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,306
- “dépouillée” frequency rank
- #27,788
- “dépouiller” frequency rank
- 70094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépouillée | dépouiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dépouillé. | Mettre à vif un animal en lui enlevant la peau. |
Same sound, different letters: dépouillée vs dépouiller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. dépouillée (CVCVVVCCVV) and dépouiller (CVCVVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: dépouillée vs dépouiller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dépouillée and dépouiller carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.pu.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépouillée is recorded at frequency rank #42,306, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pu.je\. dépouiller is at rank #27,788, tagged as averb, 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 70094, this pair ranks #52,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dépouillée vs dépouiller
Shared letters: deilopué. Private to "dépouillée": -. Private to "dépouiller": r.
"dépouillée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVV · "dépouiller" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dépouillée" and "dépouiller" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dépouillée" vs "dépouiller" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"dépouillée" and "dépouiller" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépouillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépouiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépouillée" and "dépouiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépouillée vs dépouilles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.