capturevscapturéeConfusable pair

Quick tell: capture is a noun, capturée is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“capture” is a noun and “capturée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,793
“capture” frequency rank
#36,747
“capturée” frequency rank
43540
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature capture capturée
Definition Action de capturer ou résultat de cette action. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capturer.

Where the eye mixes capture and capturée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
capture
8 ch
capturée

Visual trap between capture and capturée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: capture is \kap.tyʁ\ while capturée is \kap.ty.ʁe\. 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 43540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

capture is recorded at frequency rank #6,793, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap.tyʁ\. 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 43540, this pair ranks #217,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of capture vs capturée

Shared letters: aceprtu. Private to "capture": -. Private to "capturée": é.

"capture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "capturée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • captureacpture · cappture · captrue · captture · captuer · capturre · caputre · catpure

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "capture" and "capturée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "capture" is a noun and "capturée" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "capture" vs "capturée" - which ranks higher?
"capture" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,793 in our French list, against #36,747 for "capturée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "capture" 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 #217,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "capture" and "capturée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captée vs capturée". 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 #217,293 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