Which to use
“captage” is a noun and “captée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,828
- “captage” frequency rank
- #39,691
- “captée” frequency rank
- 83519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captage | captée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de capter (une source, de l’eau…). | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capter. |
Where the eye mixes captage and captée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between captage and captée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: captage is \kap.taʒ\ while captée is \kap.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captage is recorded at frequency rank #43,828, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap.taʒ\. captée is at rank #39,691, tagged as averb, pronounced \kap.te\.
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 83519, this pair ranks #14,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captage vs captée
Shared letters: acept. Private to "captage": g. Private to "captée": é.
"captage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "captée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- captage ← acptage · capatge · capptage · captaeg · captagge · captgae · capttage · catpage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "captage" and "captée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "captage" vs "captée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "captage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captage" and "captée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cantate vs captage". 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 #14,664 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.