cuitvsculteTell them apart

Which to use

“cuit” and “culte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,686
“cuit” frequency rank
#3,131
“culte” frequency rank
11817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cuit culte
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Where the eye mixes cuit and culte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
cuit
5 ch
culte

Look-alike desk: cuit vs culte

A purely visual mix-up. cuit (\kɥi\) and culte (\kylt\) 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 11817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cuit is recorded at frequency rank #8,686, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɥi\. culte is at rank #3,131, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kylt\.

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 11817, this pair ranks #407,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cuit vs culte

Shared letters: ctu. Private to "cuit": i. Private to "culte": el.

"cuit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "culte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cuitccuit · ciut · cuitt · cuti · ucit
  • cultecculte · clute · culet · cullte · cultte · cutle · uclte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cuit" and "culte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɥi\ versus \kylt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cuit" vs "culte" - which ranks higher?
"culte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,131 in our French list, against #8,686 for "cuit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "cuit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "culte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #407,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cuit" and "culte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CIP vs cuit". 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 #407,677 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list