cultuel

\kyl.tɥɛl\

/\kyl.tɥɛl\/ adj

The verdict

“cultuel” is uncommon French (frequency #65,833 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,833
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a trait au culte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cultuel · cultuel · French

cultuel · rank #65,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,833
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuissons

Nearest frequency peer: cuissons (-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 « cultuel »

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 « cultuel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cultuel
PropertyValue
Headwordcultuel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kyl.tɥɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,833
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cultuel » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cultueltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cuissons » (#65,832), « cuni » (#65,834), « cuis » (#65,831). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cultuel » est au #65,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cultuel is uncommon French at frequency #65,833 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kyl.tɥɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a trait au culte.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cultuel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists 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 cultuel, spelled C-U-L-T-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a trait au culte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cultuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Effrayé, le voisinage, craignant qu’un meurtre ne soit en train d’être commis dans le lieu cultuel, a immédiatement alerté la maréchaussée.
  2. C’est sous un ancien terrain de football de la commune, qui doit accueillir prochainement un hypermarché, que les chercheurs de l’Inrap ont découvert cet édifice cultuel.

This word in other languages

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 "cultuel"?
"cultuel" is spelled C-U-L-T-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kyl.tɥɛl\.
What does "cultuel" mean?
As an adjective, "cultuel" means: Qui a trait au culte.
How do you pronounce "cultuel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cultuel" is \kyl.tɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cultuel" come from?
"cultuel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list