Which to use
“clôtures” and “cultures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,929
- “clôtures” frequency rank
- #3,246
- “cultures” frequency rank
- 29175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clôtures | cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clôture. | Pluriel de culture. |
Where the eye mixes clôtures and cultures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. clôtures (CCVCVCVC) and cultures (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: clôtures vs cultures
A purely visual mix-up. clôtures (\klo.tyʁ\) and cultures (\kyl.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clôtures is recorded at frequency rank #25,929, classified as anoun, pronounced \klo.tyʁ\. cultures is at rank #3,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyl.tyʁ\.
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 29175, this pair ranks #318,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clôtures vs cultures
Shared letters: celrstu. Private to "clôtures": ô. Private to "cultures": -.
"clôtures" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "cultures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cultures ← ccultures · clutures · culltures · cultrues · culttures · cultuers · culturess · culturres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clôtures" for "cultures" ever safe?
Frequency check: "clôtures" vs "cultures" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "clôtures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cultures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clôtures" and "cultures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clôturer vs clôtures". 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 #318,305 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.