Which to use
“cueilli” and “cueillir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,872
- “cueilli” frequency rank
- #19,250
- “cueillir” frequency rank
- 63122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cueilli | cueillir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de cueillir. | Détacher des fruits, des fleurs, des légumes de leurs branches ou de leurs tiges. |
Where the eye mixes cueilli and cueillir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cueilli runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against cueillir's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cueilli vs cueillir
A purely visual mix-up. cueilli (\kœ.ji\) and cueillir (\kœ.jiʁ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “cueilli” sits inside “cueillir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cueilli is recorded at frequency rank #43,872, classified as averb, pronounced \kœ.ji\. cueillir is at rank #19,250, tagged as averb, pronounced \kœ.jiʁ\.
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 63122, this pair ranks #83,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cueilli vs cueillir
Shared letters: ceilu. Private to "cueilli": -. Private to "cueillir": r.
"cueilli" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "cueillir" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cueilli" and "cueillir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cueilli" or "cueillir" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cueilli" and "cueillir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cueilli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cueillir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cueilli" and "cueillir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cueille vs cueilli". 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 #83,641 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.