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.
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
- capture ← acpture · cappture · captrue · captture · captuer · capturre · caputre · catpure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "capture" and "capturée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "capture" vs "capturée" - which ranks higher?
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.