Which to use
“captée” and “captivé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,691
- “captée” frequency rank
- #47,207
- “captivé” frequency rank
- 86898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captée | captivé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capter. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe captiver. |
Where the eye mixes captée and captivé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses captée with captivé
A purely visual mix-up. captée (\kap.te\) and captivé (\kap.ti.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captée is recorded at frequency rank #39,691, classified as averb, pronounced \kap.te\. captivé is at rank #47,207, tagged as averb, pronounced \kap.ti.ve\.
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 86898, this pair ranks #9,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captée vs captivé
Shared letters: acpté. Private to "captée": e. Private to "captivé": iv.
"captée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "captivé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "captée" and "captivé" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "captée" or "captivé"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "captée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captivé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captée" and "captivé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captage vs captivé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,034 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.