articuléevsarticulerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: articulée is a adjective, articuler is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“articulée” is an adjective and “articuler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,126
“articulée” frequency rank
#28,059
“articuler” frequency rank
61185
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature articulée articuler
Definition Féminin singulier de articulé. Prononcer distinctement des sons.

Same sound, different letters: articulée vs articuler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. articulée (VCCVCVCVV) and articuler (VCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
articulée
9 ch
articuler

Homophone desk: articulée vs articuler

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: articulée and articuler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \aʁ.ti.ky.le\. 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 61185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

articulée is recorded at frequency rank #33,126, classified as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.le\. articuler is at rank #28,059, tagged as averb, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.le\.

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 61185, this pair ranks #93,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of articulée vs articuler

Shared letters: aceilrtu. Private to "articulée": é. Private to "articuler": -.

"articulée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV  ·  "articuler" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • articuler ← aritculer · arrticuler · artciuler · articculer · articluer · articuelr · articulerr · articuller

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "articulée" for "articuler" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "articulée" is an adjective and "articuler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "articulée" vs "articuler" - which ranks higher?
"articuler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,059 in our French list, against #33,126 for "articulée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"articulée" and "articuler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "articulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "articuler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "articulée" and "articuler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "articulée vs articulées". 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 #93,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list