Which to use
“cité” and “cuite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,224
- “cité” frequency rank
- #9,301
- “cuite” frequency rank
- 10525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cité | cuite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ville, surtout quand on veut en faire ressortir l’importance. | Sorte de cuisson donnée à la porcelaine, aux briques, au plâtre, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cité and cuite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cité vs cuite
A purely visual mix-up. cité (\si.te\) and cuite (\kɥit\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cité is recorded at frequency rank #1,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.te\. cuite is at rank #9,301, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɥit\.
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 10525, this pair ranks #412,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cité vs cuite
Shared letters: cit. Private to "cité": é. Private to "cuite": eu.
"cité" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cuite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuite ← ccuite · ciute · cuiet · cuitte · cutie · ucite
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cité" for "cuite" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cité" vs "cuite" - 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 "cité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cité" and "cuite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuite vs cupide". 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 #412,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.