Which to use
“cultes” and “cultures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,480
- “cultes” frequency rank
- #3,246
- “cultures” frequency rank
- 13726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultes | cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de culte. | Pluriel de culture. |
Where the eye mixes cultes and cultures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cultes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against cultures's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cultes vs cultures
A purely visual mix-up. cultes (\kylt\) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cultes is recorded at frequency rank #10,480, classified as anoun, pronounced \kylt\. 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 13726, this pair ranks #399,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cultes vs cultures
Shared letters: celstu. Private to "cultes": -. Private to "cultures": r.
"cultes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cultures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cultes" and "cultures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cultes" vs "cultures" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultes" 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 #399,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultes" and "cultures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cultes vs cuvées". 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 #399,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.