cultivez

\kyl.ti.ve\

/\kyl.ti.ve\/ verb

The verdict

“cultivez” is uncommon French (frequency #67,417 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,417
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cultiver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cultivez · cultivez · French

cultivez · rank #67,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,417
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH curer

Nearest frequency peer: curer (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cultivez »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cultivez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cultivez
PropertyValue
Headwordcultivez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kyl.ti.ve\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cultivez » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cultiveztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « curer » (#67,418), « câpres » (#67,419), « céans » (#67,420). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cultivez » est au #67,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cultivez is uncommon French at frequency #67,417 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kyl.ti.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for cultivez in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cultivez, spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cultiver.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de cultiver.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cultivez"?
"cultivez" is spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \kyl.ti.ve\.
What does "cultivez" mean?
As a verb, "cultivez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cultiver.
How do you pronounce "cultivez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cultivez" is \kyl.ti.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cultivez" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cultivez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list