Which to use
“agriculteur” and “agriculture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,517
- “agriculteur” frequency rank
- #1,799
- “agriculture” frequency rank
- 13316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agriculteur | agriculture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Homme qui, à titre professionnel, cultive la terre ou élève des animaux destinés à être consommés. | Activité ayant pour objet l'exploitation des terres par la production de végétaux et l'élevage d'animaux. |
Where the eye mixes agriculteur and agriculture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. agriculteur (VCCVCVCCVVC) and agriculture (VCCVCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between agriculteur and agriculture
A purely visual mix-up. agriculteur (\a.ɡʁi.kyl.tœʁ\) and agriculture (\a.ɡʁi.kyl.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agriculteur is recorded at frequency rank #11,517, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁi.kyl.tœʁ\. agriculture is at rank #1,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ɡʁi.kyl.tyʁ\.
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 13316, this pair ranks #401,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agriculteur vs agriculture
Shared letters: acegilrtu. Private to "agriculteur": -. Private to "agriculture": -.
"agriculteur" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVVC · "agriculture" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agriculteur ← aggriculteur · agirculteur · agrciulteur · agricculteur · agricluteur · agriculetur · agricullteur · agriculteru
- agriculture ← aggriculture · agirculture · agrciulture · agricculture · agricluture · agricullture · agricultrue · agricultture
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agriculteur" for "agriculture" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agriculteur" vs "agriculture" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "agriculteur" and "agriculture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agriculteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agriculture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agriculteur" and "agriculture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agriculteur vs apiculteur". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #401,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.