Which to use
“captée” and “capturée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,691
- “captée” frequency rank
- #36,747
- “capturée” frequency rank
- 76438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captée | capturée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capter. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capturer. |
Where the eye mixes captée and capturée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. captée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against capturée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: captée vs capturée
A purely visual mix-up. captée (\kap.te\) and capturée (\kap.ty.ʁe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76438, 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\. capturée is at rank #36,747, tagged as averb, pronounced \kap.ty.ʁe\.
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 76438, this pair ranks #31,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captée vs capturée
Shared letters: acepté. Private to "captée": -. Private to "capturée": ru.
"captée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "capturée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "captée" for "capturée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "captée" vs "capturée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "capturée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captée" and "capturée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captée vs cryptée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.