Which to use
“captivé” is a verb and “captivité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,207
- “captivé” frequency rank
- #12,923
- “captivité” frequency rank
- 60130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captivé | captivité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe captiver. | Privation de liberté ; esclavage. |
Where the eye mixes captivé and captivité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses captivé with captivité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: captivé is \kap.ti.ve\ while captivité is \kap.ti.vi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captivé is recorded at frequency rank #47,207, classified as averb, pronounced \kap.ti.ve\. captivité is at rank #12,923, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kap.ti.vi.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 60130, this pair ranks #99,294 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of captivé vs captivité
Shared letters: aciptvé. Private to "captivé": -. Private to "captivité": -.
"captivé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "captivité" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "captivé" and "captivité" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "captivé" or "captivité" show up more?
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 "captivé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captivité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,294 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captivé" and "captivité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captage vs captivé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #99,294 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.