culture

\kyl.tyʁ\

/\kyl.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“culture” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #551 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#551
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de cultiver la terre.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

culture vs culturel
88% similar
culture vs cultures
88% similar
culture vs culturels
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for culture
PropertyValue
Headwordculture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kyl.tyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#551
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “culture” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). culture lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for culture is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kyl.tyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #551 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for culture, with forms such as "cculture", "cluture", and "cullture". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "culturel", "cultures", "culturels", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is culture, spelled C-U-L-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de cultiver la terre.
  2. 2
    Action de cultiver la terre.
  3. 3
    Action de cultiver la terre.
  4. 4
    Élevage et développement de cellules d’origine végétales, bactériennes ou animales.
  5. 5
    Élevage et développement de cellules d’origine végétales, bactériennes ou animales.
  6. 6
    Action de se cultiver, application que l’on met à perfectionner les sciences, les arts, à développer les facultés humaines.
  7. 7
    Action de se cultiver, application que l’on met à perfectionner les sciences, les arts, à développer les facultés humaines.
  8. 8
    Action de se cultiver, application que l’on met à perfectionner les sciences, les arts, à développer les facultés humaines.
  9. 9
    Action de se cultiver, application que l’on met à perfectionner les sciences, les arts, à développer les facultés humaines.

Synonyms

agriculturecivilisation

Antonyms

fricheinculturejachèrenature

This word in other languages

cultivation(English)cultivo(Español)Anbau(Deutsch)cultura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cculture,cluture,cullture,cultrue,cultture,cultuer,culturre,culutre,cutlure,uclture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of culture - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cculture1cluture2cullture1cultrue2cultture1cultuer2culturre1culutre2
Edit distance from "culture"

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 "culture"?
"culture" is spelled C-U-L-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kyl.tyʁ\.
What does "culture" mean?
As a noun, "culture" means: Action de cultiver la terre.
What words are commonly confused with "culture"?
"culture" is commonly confused with "culturel", "cultures", "culturels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culture" is \kyl.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culture" come from?
"culture" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “culture”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-U-L-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kyl.tyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “culturel” - see the side-by-side comparison. culture vs culturel
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list