Which to use
“capturée” and “capturer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,747
- “capturée” frequency rank
- #10,835
- “capturer” frequency rank
- 47582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capturée | capturer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe capturer. | S’emparer d’un être vivant ou d’une chose. |
Same sound, different letters: capturée vs capturer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - capturée / capturer
This is the hard kind. capturée and capturer are pronounced identically (\kap.ty.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
capturée is recorded at frequency rank #36,747, classified as averb, pronounced \kap.ty.ʁe\. capturer is at rank #10,835, 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 47582, this pair ranks #185,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of capturée vs capturer
Shared letters: aceprtu. Private to "capturée": é. Private to "capturer": -.
"capturée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "capturer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- capturer ← acpturer · cappturer · captruer · captturer · captuerr · capturerr · capturrer · caputrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capturée" for "capturer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "capturée" or "capturer"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "capturée" / "capturer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "capturée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "capturer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capturée" and "capturer" 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 #185,824 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.